Identifying risk factors of anemia among women of reproductive age in Rwanda – a cross-sectional study using secondary data from the Rwanda demographic and health survey 2014/2015

Table 2 Description of women’ health status and living conditions of study participants

Variables		n	%
Currently pregnant	No or unsure	6189	92.6
Currently pregnant	Yes	491	7.4
Number of children ever born	Had no child	2327	34.8
	1–3 children	2532	37.9
	4–6 children	1354	20.3
	7 or more	467	7.0
Currently breastfeeding	No	4787	71.7
Currently breastfeeding	Yes	1893	28.3
Type of contraceptive method used	None, natural, barriers or permanent	4572	68.4
	Hormonal	1565	23.4
	Intrauterine device (IUD)	52	0.8
	Pregnant	491	7.4
Nutrition status/Body Mass Index	Normal	4774	71.6
	Underweight	411	6.2
	Overweight	1229	18.4
	Obese	258	3.9
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine	Not at all	4916	73.7
	Less than once a week	1351	20.3
	At least once a week	403	6.0
Frequency of listening to radio	Not at all	1079	16.2
	Less than once a week	1490	22.3
	At least once a week	4099	61.5
Frequency of watching television	Not at all	3799	57.0
	Less than once a week	1760	26.4
	At least once a week	1107	16.6
Have mosquito bed net for sleeping	No	1049	15.7
Have mosquito bed net for sleeping	Yes	5631	84.3
Respondent slept under mosquito net	No	2184	32.7
Respondent slept under mosquito net	Yes	4496	67.3
Type of toilet facility	Nonimproved	1777	27.1
Type of toilet facility	Improved	4783	72.9
Source of drinking water	Nonimproved	1677	25.5
Source of drinking water	Improved	4891	74.5
Access to health facility/distance	A big problem	1428	21.4
Access to health facility/distance	Not a big problem	5252	78.6

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