Table 2 Percentages of women with anemia by standard of explanatory variables (N = 5886)
| Â | Â | Anemia status by hemoglobin level% | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | n (%) | Not anemic | Mild | Moderate/ Sever | Chi-square result | P value |
Socio-economic status | ||||||
 Low | 4265 (72.46) | 54.59 | 37.50 | 7.90 | 92.63 | <.01 |
 Medium | 434 (7.37) | 59.38 | 37.05 | 3.57 |  |  |
 High | 1187 (20.17) | 70.94 | 24.00 | 5.06 |  |  |
Socio-demographic factors | ||||||
 Highest Education level |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 No education | 2605 (44.26) | 54.46 | 37.00 | 8.54 | 46.88 | <.01 |
 Completed primary | 2553 (43.37) | 59.78 | 34.23 | 5.98 |  |  |
 Completed secondary or higher | 728 (12.37) | 67.57 | 27.67 | 4.76 |  |  |
Place of residence | ||||||
 Rural | 3863 (65,63) | 55.92 | 36.81 | 7.27 | 26.11 | <.01 |
 Urban | 2023 (34.37) | 62.91 | 30.50 | 6.52 |  |  |
Employment status | ||||||
 Employed | 853 (85.49) | 58.35 | 34.62 | 7.04 | 0.50 | .80 |
 Not employed | 5027 (14.51) | 57.33 | 35.68 | 6.99 |  |  |
Sex of house old head | ||||||
 Male | 5301 (90.06) | 57.95 | 34.86 | 7.18 | 1.93 | .38 |
 Female | 585 (9.94) | 61.12 | 33.52 | 5.36 |  |  |
Number of child | ||||||
 No child | 2903 (39.10 | 58.09 | 35.01 | 6.90 | 2.49 | .87 |
 One | 2145 (36.44) | 57.61 | 35.01 | 7.39 |  |  |
 Two | 670 (11.38) | 60.87 | 32.34 | 6.80 |  |  |
 Three or more | 168 (2.85) | 58.20 | 36.38 | 5.42 |  |  |
Age | ||||||
 Early reproductive | 889 (15.10) | 57.13 | 35.18 | 7.69 | 16.13 | .04 |
 Middle reproductive | 3502 (59.50) | 58.68 | 34.65 | 6.67 |  |  |
 Late reproductive | 637 (10.82) | 62.70 | 31.21 | 6.09 |  |  |
 Early premenopause | 488 (8.29) | 52.78 | 34.21 | 9.01 |  |  |
 Late premenopause | 370 (6.29) | 56.01 | 36.20 | 7.79 |  |  |
Family size | ||||||
 Small | 4835 (82.14) | 57.93 | 34.77 | 7.30 | 3.24 | .19 |
 Large | 1051 (17.86) | 69.60 | 34.62 | 5.78 |  |  |
Maternity status | ||||||
 Pregnant | 372 (6.32) | 47.92 | 38.20 | 13.88 | 83.17 | .01 |
 Lactating | 1356 (23.06) | 58.10 | 34.11 | 7.79 |  |  |
 Neither | 4158 (70.06) | 61.61 | 32.29 | 6.10 |  |  |
 Diabetes | ||||||
  Normal | 5076 (86.25) | 59.67 | 33.59 | 6.74 | 1.26 | .04 |
  Prediabetic | 523 (8.87) | 60.89 | 35.10 | 4.01 |  |  |
  Diabetic | 287 (4.86) | 59.95 | 32.70 | 7.36 |  |  |
BMI** | ||||||
 Underweight (< 18.50) | 1395 (23.86) | 49.58 | 42.26 | 8.15 | 94.68 | <.01 |
 Normal (18.50, 24.99) | 3422 (58.20) | 58.44 | 34.22 | 7.35 |  |  |
 Overweight (25,30) | 886 (14.81) | 68.91 | 26.22 | 4.87 |  |  |
 Obese (> 30) | 183 (3.13) | 72.70 | 34.67 | 2.63 |  |  |