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Table 7 Factors associated with receipt of iron across rural India: National Family Health Study-3 data

From: Factors Influencing Receipt of Iron Supplementation by Young Children and their Mothers in Rural India: Local and National Cross-Sectional Studies

 

Antenatal iron supplements received by mother

Iron supplements currently received by children

Factor

Odds Ratio [95% CI]

P

Odds Ratio [95% CI]

P

Univariate logistic regression

Wealth quintile

1.51 [1.44, 1.57]

< 0.001

1.35 [1.26,1.45]

< 0.001

Maternal education

    

0 years

Reference

 

Reference

 

Primary

2.58 [2.30, 2.89]

< 0.001

1.76 [1.36, 2.28]

< 0.001

Secondary

4.11 [3.66, 4.61]

< 0.001

2.41 [1.96, 2.96]

< 0.001

Higher

14.00 [8.87, 22.08]

< 0.001

3.80 [2.61, 5.52]

< 0.001

Child's sex (male = 1)

0.98 [0.91, 1.05]

0.516

1.10 [0.95, 1.26]

0.191

Literate mother1

1.94 [1.84, 2.05]

< 0.001

1.47 [1.34, 1.61]

< 0.001

Birth order

0.78 [-.77, 0.80]

< 0.001

0.85 [0.81, 0.89]

< 0.001

Religion/Caste2

    

Hindu, non SC/ST

1.21 [1.08, 1.34]

= 0.001

1.31 [1.09, 1.57]

= 0.005

Scheduled Caste

0.95 [0.85, 1.07]

= 0.418

0.71 [0.55, 0.92]

= 0.008

Scheduled Tribe

1.04 [0.88, 1.23]

= 0.657

1.06 [0.82, 1.38]

= 0.651

Muslim

0.74 [0.62, 0.87]

< 0.001

0.82 [0.61, 1.09]

= 0.167

Antenatal health worker visits (OR per visit)

1.77 [1.70, 1.85]

< 0.001

1.02 [1.01, 1.02]

< 0.001

Antenatal iron received by mother

N/A

N/A

3.02 [2.32, 3.93]

< 0.001

Postnatal iron received by mother

Not measured

 

Not measured

 

Blood test during pregnancy

2.36 [2.10, 2.64]

< 0.001

2.50 [2.02, 3.10]

< 0.001

Services accessed:

    

Anganwadi Centre3

2.03 [1.79, 2.30]

< 0.001

1.79 [1.47, 2.19]

< 0.001

Child vaccinated4

2.03 [1.73, 2.38]

< 0.001

1.28 [0.84, 1.94]

= 0.244

Multiple logistic regression 5

Wealth quintile

-

 

1.12 [1.02, 1.23]

= 0.019

Maternal education

    

0 years

Reference

 

Reference

 

Primary

1.60 [1.34, 1.91]

< 0.001

1.47 [1.02, 2.11]

= 0.039

Secondary

1.53 [1.31, 1.79]

< 0.001

2.15 [1.17, 3.97]

= 0.014

Higher

5.20 [2.65, 10.22]

< 0.001

3.17 [1.56, 6.44]

= 0.001

Literate mother1

-

 

0.74 [0.57, 0.97]

= 0.030

Birth Order

-

 

-

 

Religion/Caste2

    

Hindu, non SC/ST

-

 

-

 

Scheduled Caste

-

 

-

 

Scheduled Tribe

-

 

-

 

Muslim

0.75 [0.62, 0.91]

= 0.003

-

 

Antenatal health worker visits (OR per visit)

-

 

-

 

Antenatal iron supplementation given to mother

N/A

 

2.24 [1.56, 3.22]

< 0.001

Blood test during pregnancy

2.06 [1.78, 2.38]

< 0.001

1.86 [1.47, 2.37]

< 0.001

Services accessed:

    

Anganwadi Centre3

1.79 [1.51, 2.12]

< 0.001

1.47 [1.20, 1.80]

< 0.001

Child Vaccinated4

1.28 [1.06, 1.54]

= 0.010

-

 
  1. 1Literacy defined as 0 = cannot read, 1 = can read part of a sentence, 2 = can read complete sentence; visually impaired mothers excluded.
  2. 2SC = Scheduled Caste; ST = Scheduled Tribe. Logistic regression performed for each category.
  3. 3Mother's use of Anganwadi in the last 3 months.
  4. 4Child ever had a vaccination
  5. 5Multiple regression coefficients only displayed for variables found to be significantly associated; variables not associated indicated with '-'.