Table 3 Odds Ratios explaining anaemia among women in West Bengal and Bangladesh: Result of logistic regression
Determinants | West Bengal | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
Demographic and health factors | ||
Age | ||
30& above ® | ||
Below 20 | 1.23***(1.06 1.42) | 1.01 (0.75 1.36) |
20–24 | 1.13**(1.00 1.25) | 0.99 (0.79 1.23) |
25–29 | 1.01 (0.92 1.12) | 0.90 (0.75 1.07) |
Body Mass Index | ||
Normal ® | ||
Thin | 1.22***(1.10 1.36) | 1.39***(1.19 1.62) |
Overweight/obese | 0.87**(0.78 0.97) | 0.64***(0.52 0.77) |
Current contraceptive method | ||
Female sterilization ® | ||
Not Using | 0.96 (0.86 1.08) | 0.98 (0.72 1.33) |
Pill/injection/IUD | 0.68***(0.59 0.78) | 0.71***(0.52 0.98) |
Othersa | 0.95 (0.83 1.10) | 0.98 (0.72 1.35) |
Children ever born | ||
No child ® | ||
1–2 | 1.34***(1.15 1.54) | 1.14 (0.86 1.51) |
2 + | 1.36***(1.13 1.63) | 1.31* (0.94 1.82) |
Socioeconomic factors | ||
Education | ||
Secondary ® | ||
Illiterate/primary | 1.18***(1.04 1.38) | 1.06 (0.90 1.22) |
Higher | 1.02 (0.91 1.21) | 0.83 (0.62 1.10) |
Religion | ||
Muslim ® | ||
Hindu | 1.46***(1.31 1.61) | 1.60*** (1.28 1.99) |
Wealth | ||
Rich ® | ||
Poor | 1.20***(1.05 1.38) | 1.45***(1.18 1.77) |
Middle | 1.02 (0.95 1.16) | 1.12 (0.92 1.38) |
Source of drinking water | ||
Distributed water ® | ||
Groundwater | 1.14***(1.05 1.23) | 1.25**(1.02 1.52) |
Others | 0.74***(0.59 0.90) | 1.29*(0.99 1.68) |
Practicing open defecation | ||
No ® | ||
Yes | 1.31 ***(1.201.42) | 1.26 (0.92 1.71) |
Have agricultural land | ||
No ® | ||
Yes | 1.19***(1.08 1.31) | 1.22***(1.05 1.40) |
Place of residence | ||
Urban ® | ||
Rural | 1.09 **(1.00 1.19) | 1.00 (0.81 1.22) |
Food related factors | ||
Food security Index | ||
Secure ® | NA | |
Not secure | NA | 1.12 **(0.99 1.21) |
Consume pulses | ||
Daily ® | NA | |
Never/weekly/occasionally | 1.02 (0.96 1.1) | NA |
Consume fruits | NA | |
Daily ® | NA | |
Never/occasionally | 1.16**(1.03 1.31) | NA |
Weekly | 1.21***(1.07 1.36) | NA |
Consume chicken or meat | NA | |
Daily/ weekly ® | NA | |
Never | 1.28**(1.06 1.56) | NA |
Occasionally | 1.06 (0.99 1.13) | NA |
Region | ||
A ® | ||
B | 1.10 (0.97 1.24) | 1.50 ***(1.11 2.02) |
C | 1.06 (0.95 1.18) | 1.20 (0.92 0.59) |
D | 1.09 (0.98 1.22) | 1.53 ***(1.17 1.99) |
E | 1.17*** (1.04 1.31) | 1.20 (0.89 1.63) |
F | 1.49 ***(1.12 1.99) | |
G | 1.68 ***(1.27 2.20) | |