Table 1 Percentage of anemia among the 6 to 59-month-old children in relation to different socioeconomic variables (n = 2171)
Variables | Number (%) | Anemia, | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | |||
Household Food Security | |||
 Food secure | 1323 (61) | 664 (50) | 0.09 |
 Food insecure | 843 (39) | 461 (55) |  |
Wealth index | |||
 Poor | 989 (46) | 569 (58) | 0.00 |
 Non-poor | 1177 (54) | 556 (47) |  |
Religion | |||
 Muslim | 1991 (92) | 1014 (51) | 0.00 |
 Hindu and others | 176 (8) | 111 (63) |  |
Region | |||
 Barisal | 118 (5) | 71 (60) | 0.07 |
 Chittagong | 480 (22) | 252 (52) |  |
 Dhaka | 665 (31) | 318 (48) |  |
 Khulna | 203 (9) | 111 (55) |  |
 Rajshahi | 276 (13) | 138 (50) |  |
 Rangpur | 249 (12) | 147 (59) |  |
 Sylhet | 176 (8) | 89 (50) |  |
Father’s education | |||
 No or low education | 1907 (88) | 1016 (53) | 0.00 |
 Higher education | 258 (12) | 107 (42) |  |
Mother’s BMI | |||
 Normal Weight | 1270 (59) | 646 (51) | 0.33 |
 Over/under weight | 888 (41) | 473 (53) |  |
Mother’s anemia | |||
 Not anemic | 1192 (56) | 528 (44) | 0.00 |
 Anemic | 941 (44) | 579 (62) |  |
Mother’s education | |||
 No or low education | 2023 (93) | 1072 (53) | 0.00 |
 Higher education | 148 (7) | 53 (37) |  |
Sex of children | |||
 Male | 1105 (51) | 586 (53) | 0.36 |
 Female | 1062 (49) | 539 (51) |  |
Age of the children | |||
 6–12 | 288 (13) | 191 (73) | 0.00 |
 13–24 | 454 (21) | 342 (70) |  |
 25–36 | 426 (20) | 212 (48) |  |
 37–47 | 523 (24) | 229 (42) |  |
 49–59 | 475 (22) | 206 (38) |  |
Currently Breastfeeding | |||
 Yes | 1385 (64) | 811 (59) | 0.00 |
 No | 782 (36) | 314 (40) |  |
Child nutritional status | |||
 Normal | 1229 (58) | 604 (49) | 0.03 |
 Stunted | 893 (42) | 491 (55) |  |