Table 3.

Deworming, malaria and recent blood loss status of the study respondents

Characteristics	n (%)
Frequency of deworming (n 94)
Regularly (every 3 months)	48 (51⋅1 %)
Irregularly	46 (48⋅9 %)
Frequency of malaria episodes (n 160)
Never	60 (37⋅5 %)
Before 2 weeks of data collection	97 (60⋅6 %)
Within 2 weeks preceding the data collection	3 (1⋅9 %)
Had recent (<3 months) major blood loss	5 (3⋅1 %)