Table 1 Prevalence of anemia (%) among Togolese children aged 6–59 months by demographic and household characteristics
Factors | n (%) | Anemia (n) | Unweighted Prevalence of anemia [95% CI] | Weighted Prevalence of anemia [95% CI] | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 2890 (100.0) | 2052 | 71.0 [69.0–73.0] | 70.9 [68.8–73.1] | |
Child related factors | |||||
Sex of children | 0.2863 | ||||
Male | 1456 (50.4) | 1049 | 72.0 [69.7–74.7] | 71.9 [69.1–74.8] | |
Female | 1434 (49.6) | 1003 | 69.9 [67.3–72.6] | 69.9 [67.1–72.7] | |
Age of children | < 0.0001 | ||||
6–23 months | 1048 (36.3) | 887 | 84.6 [82.4–86.9] | 84.0 [81.4–86.5] | |
24–42 months | 987 (34.1) | 660 | 66.9 [63.9–69.8] | 66.4 [63.4–69.5] | |
43–59 months | 855 (29.6) | 505 | 59.1 [55.3–62.9] | 59.7 [55.4–63.9] | |
Nutritional status | 0.0059 | ||||
Malnourished | 213 (7.4) | 171 | 80.3 [74.9–85.7] | 80.6 [74.8–86.3] | |
Normal | 2606 (90.2) | 1826 | 70.1 [68.0–72.2] | 70.0 [67.7–72.3] | |
Overweight | 71 (2.4) | 55 | 77.5 [67.7–87.2] | 77.4 [67.1–87.7] | |
Iron supplements intake | 0.4983 | ||||
No | 2085 (72.6) | 1494 | 71.7 [69.4–73.9] | 71.4 [68.9–73.9] | |
Yes | 788 (27.4) | 547 | 69.4 [65.8–73.1] | 69.8 [65.7–73.8] | |
Children had malaria | < 0.0001 | ||||
No | 1820 (63.0) | 1173 | 64.5 [62.0–66.9] | 64.5 [61.9–67.2] | |
Yes | 1067 (37.0) | 876 | 82.1 [79.7–84.5] | 82.4 [79.9–84.9] | |
Maternal factors | |||||
Mother’s education status | < 0.0001 | ||||
No education | 1345 (46.5) | 990 | 73.6 [70.8–76.4] | 74.2 [71.1–77.2] | |
Primary | 989 (34.2) | 710 | 71.8 [68.8–74.8] | 72.7 [69.3–76.0] | |
Secondary and more | 556 (19.2) | 352 | 63.3 [59.1–67.5] | 61.6 [57.4–65.9] | |
Mother’s occupation status | 0.1650 | ||||
Not working | 419 (14.5) | 309 | 73.7 [69.4–78.1] | 73.9 69.3–78.5] | |
Working | 2470 (85.5) | 1742 | 70.5 [68.4–72.7] | 70.4 [68.1–72.7] | |
Mother’s anemia status | < 0.0001 | ||||
No | 1649 (57.2) | 1104 | 66.9 [64.3–69.6] | 66.9 [63.9–69.9] | |
Yes | 1232 (42.8) | 940 | 76.3 [73.8–78.8] | 75.8 [72.8–78.7] | |
Household factors | |||||
Wealth index | < 0.0001 | ||||
Poor | 1522 (52.7) | 1107 | 72.7 [70.0–75.5] | 74.2 [71.4–77.1] | |
Middle | 528 (18.3) | 397 | 75.2 [71.1–79.3] | 74.6 [70.3–79.0] | |
Rich | 840 (29.1) | 548 | 65.2 [61.5–68.9] | 65.2 [61.4–69.0] | |
Father’s alive | 0.7447 | ||||
No | 64 (2.2) | 45 | 70.3 [59.7–80.9] | 69.0 [56.9–81.1] | |
Yes | 2824 (97.8) | 2006 | 71.0 [69.0–73.0] | 71.0 [68.8–73.2] | |
Place of residence | 0.0002 | ||||
Rural | 2111 (73.0) | 1542 | 73.0 [70.7–75.4] | 73.9 [71.4–76.4] | |
Urban | 779 (27.0) | 510 | 65.5 [61.6–69.3] | 65.3 [61.4–69.2] | |
Region of residence | 0.0259 | ||||
Savanes | 701 (24.2) | 478 | 68.2 [63.6–72.8] | 69.2 [64.4–74.0] | |
Kara | 434 (15.0) | 336 | 77.4 [72.7–82.1] | 77.0 [71.9–82.2] | |
Centrale | 412 (14.2) | 306 | 74.3 [69.6–79.0] | 74.5 [69.6–79.4] | |
Plateaux | 519 (18.0) | 380 | 73.2 [68.9–77.5] | 73.2 [69.3–77.2] | |
Maritime (without Lomé) | 334 (11.6) | 234 | 70.1 [63.9–76.3] | 69.8 [62.9–76.7] | |
Lomé town | 490 (17.0) | 318 | 64.9 [60.2–69.6] | 65.6 [61.1–70.0] | |