Table 4. Bivariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with the prevalence of anemia among under-five year, 2020.

Variables	Category	Anemic	Non anemic	COR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)
Age group	6–23 months	23(16.70%)	115(83.30%)	1.56(0.24–4.22)	0.94(0.08–2.05)
	>23 months	27(11.40%)	210(88.60%)	1	1
Child sex	Female	28(13.70%)	176(86.30%)	1.08(0.26–4.32)	1.35(0.43–7.63)
	Male	22(12.91%)	149(87.09%)	1	1
Family size	≤3	39(15.4%)	215(84.60%)	1.8(0.64–5.75)	2.12(0.88–6.11)
	>3	11(9.10%)	110(90.10%)	1	1
Income of care giver	< 750 ETB	28(20.30%)	110(79.70%)	0.71(0.15–3.40)	0.45(0.21–1.76)
	750–1500 ETB	6(4.70%)	121(95.30%)	3.88(0.37–4.71)	2.63(0.33–4.87)
	> 1500 ETB	16(14.50%)	94(85.50%)	1	1
Dietary diversity practice	Yes	39(14.90%)	220(85.10%)	1.66(0.32–8.78)*	1.98(0.41–7.55)
	No	11(9.50%)	105(90.50%)	1	1
Duration of breast feeding practice	< 6month	6(21.40%)	22(78.60%)	1	1
	6-12month	38(12.50%)	265(87.50%)	0.42(0.03–5.32)*	0.39(0.11–2.09)
	1<	6(13.60%)	38(86.40%)	3.88(0.37–21.71)**	3.63(1.05–11.00)
Have nutritional knowledge	Yes	17(11.50%)	126(88.50%)	1	1
	No	33(14.30%)	199(85.70%)	1.23(0.29–5.62)	1.07(0.02–5.36)
Meal frequency	≤2	17(22.08%)	60(77.92%)	2.28(0.45–7.11)	2.42(0.84–9.50)
	≥3	33(11.07%)	265(88.93%)	1	1
History of intestinal protozoa infection	Yes	11(16.70%)	55(83.30%)	1.38(1.13–7.98)**	2.55(1.28–10.42**
	No	39(12.60%)	270(87.40%)	1	1
History of soil helminthic infection	Yes	22(36.10%)	39(63.90%)	5.76(0.82–21.18)**	6.39(1.75–29.08)*
	No	28(8.80%)	286(91.20%)	1	1
History of malaria infection	Yes	22(40%)	33(60%)	6.95(1.03–14.75)***	5.01(0.18–11.44)*
	No	28(8.8%)	292(91.20%)	1	1

Statistical significance at P<0.001 = ***, P<0.01 = ** and at P<0.05 = *, COR = crude OR and AOR = adjusted OR with CI = confidence interval.