Table 3. Crude analysis for factors associated with anemia in children under five (N=602).

Variables	N	Anemic (%)	COR *	95% CI	p-value
Age categories of the mother in years
<20	19	9 (47.4)	1.58	0.62, 4.01	0.34
20–29	307	119 (38.8)	1.12	0.79, 1.56	0.56
30+	264	96 (36.4)	1.00
Education level
None	13	3 (23.1)	0.45	0.12, 1.70	0.24
Primary	420	158 (37.6)	0.91	0.63, 1.31	0.61
Secondary+	168	67 (39.9)	1.00
Marital status
Single	73	29 (39.7)	1.09	0.66, 1.80	0.80
Married/Cohabiting	487	184 (37.8)	1.00
Divorced/ separated/ widowed	39	14 (35.9)	0.92	0.45, 1.74	0.82
Occupation
Peasant/farmer	366	127 (34.7)	0.72	0.49, 1.05	0.09
Employed	160	68 (42.5)	1.00
Others	38	21 (55.3)	1.67	0.82, 3.41	0.16
Body mass index categories
Normal	285	116 (40.7)	1.00
Underweight	26	10 (38.5)	0.91	0.40, 2.08	0.82
Overweight	199	69 (34.7)	0.77	0.53, 1.13	0.18
Obese	85	32 (37.7)	0.88	0.53, 1.45	0.61
Consume alcohol
No	367	152 (41.4)	1.00
Yes	235	76 (32.3)	0.68	0.48, 0.95	0.03
Number of ANC visits
≥4	382	148 (38.7)	1.00
<4	199	73 (36.7)	0.92	0.64, 1.31	0.63
Child given deworming drugs
No	171	72 (42.1)
Yes	408	150 (36.8)	0.80	0.56, 1.15	0.23
Baby given colostrum
No	22	10 (45.5)	1.00
Yes	576	215 (37.3)	0.71	0.30, 1.68	0.44
Meal frequency per day
≤3	321	118 (36.7)	1.00
>3	265	105 (39.6)	1.13	0.81, 1.58	0.48
Age at complementary feeding
<6 months	375	137 (36.5)	1.00
≥6 months	163	71 (43.6)	1.34	0.92, 1.95	0.13
Child exclusively breastfed
No	349	120 (34.4)	1.00
Yes	234	104 (44.4)	1.53	1.09, 2.14	0.02
Wasted
No	542	207 (38.2)	1.00
Yes	60	21 (35.0)	0.87	0.50, 1.52	0.63
Stunted
No	370	129 (34.8)	1.00
Yes	232	99 (42.7)	1.39	0.99, 1.95	0.06
Underweight
No	566	217 (38.3)	1.00
Yes	36	11 (30.6)	0.71	0.34, 1.47	0.35
Sex of the child
Male	317	115 (36.2)	1.00
Female	285	113 (39.7)	1.15	0.83, 1.61	0.40
Child age categories
6–23	286	138 (48.1)	2.34	1.67, 3.28	<0.001
24–59	316	90 (28.5)	1.00

*COR=Crude odds ratio