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Table 4 Prevalence of anemia in migrant and local children of Pinghu China *

From: Disparity of anemia prevalence and associated factors among rural to urban migrant and the local children under two years old: a population based cross-sectional study in Pinghu, China

 

Migrant(N = 667)

Local(N = 321)

 

Prevalence of anemia, %(n/N)

cPR (95% CI)

Prevalence of anemia, %(n/N)

cPR (95% CI)

Age of child (months)

    

  6~

45.3 (135/298)

2.09(1.46, 2.99)

23.4 (26/111)

1.87(0.96, 3.65)

  12~

36.6 (71/194)

1.69(1.14, 2.50)

19.8 (21/106)

1.58(0.79, 3.17)

  18 ~ 23

21.7 (38/175)

1.0

12.5 (13/104)

1.0

Gender of child

    

  Boy

36.0 (135/375)

0.96(0.75, 1.24)

17.8 (31/174)

0.90(0.54, 1.50)

  Girl

37.3 (109/292)

1.0

19.7 (29/147)

1.0

Education of mother

    

  Low

37.1 (65/175)

0.93(0.60, 1.45)

14.3 (2/14)

1.37(0.32, 5.77)

  Medium

35.8 (150/419)

0.90(0.61, 1.34)

19.5 (26/133)

1.29(0.31, 5.37)

  High

39.7 (29/73)

1.0

18.4 (32/174)

1.0

Occupation of mother

    

  Not work for pay

40.6 (149/367)

1.28(0.99, 1.66)

27.8 (20/72)

1.73(1.01, 2.96)

  Employed

31.7 (95/300)

1.0

16.1 (40/249)

1.0

Annual family income

    

  Poor

39.1 (156/399)

1.16(0.87, 1.55)

25.0 (19/76)

1.38(0.72, 2.66)

  Middle

33.7 (64/190)

0.91(0.57, 1.46)

15.9 (24/151)

0.88(0.47, 1.64)

  Rich

30.8 (24/78)

1.0

18.1 (17/94)

1.0

Caregivers

    

  Parents only

37.1 (138/372)

1.03(0.80, 1.33)

13.8 (4/29)

0.72(0.26, 1.98)

  Parents & others

35.9 (106/295)

1.0

19.2 (56/292)

1.0

Elder sibling/s

    

  Yes

41.1 (102/248)

1.21(0.94, 1.57)

36.0 (18/50)

2.32(1.34, 4.03)

  No

33.9 (142/419)

1.0

15.5 (42/271)

1.0

Timely child health care

    

  Yes

22.9 (8/35)

0.61(0.30, 1.24)

18.9 (14/74)

1.02(0.56, 1.85)

  No

37.3 (236/632)

1.0

18.6 (46/247)

1.0

Breastfeeding at 6 months

    

  Yes

40.0(209/523)

1.64(1.15, 2.35)

21.7(46/212)

1.69(0.93, 3.07)

  No

24.3(35/144)

1.0

12.8(14/109)

1.0

Iron

    

  Yes

32.3(180/557)

0.56(0.42, 0.74)

18.9(59/312)

1.70(0.24, 12.28)

  No

58.2(64/110)

1.0

11.1(1/9)

1.0

MDD

    

  Yes

33.9 (163/481)

0.78(0.60, 1.02)

18.7(53/283)

1.02(0.46, 2.24)

  No

43.5 (81/186)

1.0

18.4(7/38)

1.0

MMF

    

  Yes

34.3(168/490)

0.80(0.61, 1.05)

16.1(45/279)

0.45(0.25, 0.81)

  No

42.9(76/177)

1.0

35.7(15/42)

1.0

  1. *Estimated by using Poisson regression, Crude Prevalence Ratios (cPR) and its 95% CI presented.
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