Table 2 Multivariable multilevel logistic regression analysis of individual-level and community-level factors associated with anaemia among young women in LMCs; 2022 (N = 25, 001)
Variables | Categories | AOR [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|
Individual level factors | ||
Age in years | 15–19 | 1.06 (1.04,1.09) |
20–24 | Reff | |
Educational level | no education | 1.32 (1.27,1.37) |
Primary | 1.01 (0.97,1.04) | |
Secondary | 1.11 (1.09,1.14) | |
Higher | Reff | |
Wealth status | Poorest | 1.46 (1.41,1.51) |
Poorer | 1.32 (1.28,1.36) | |
Middle | 1.23 (1.20,1.27) | |
Richer | 1.14 (1.11,1.18) | |
Richest | Reff | |
Type of toilet facility | Improved | Reff |
Unimproved | 1.01 (0.98,1.03) | |
Source of drinking water | Improved | 0.99 (0.9,1.01) |
Unimproved | Reff | |
Family size | < 5 | Reff |
5–10 | 1.08 (1.06,1.15) | |
> = 10 | 1.19 (1.15,1.24) | |
Had media exposure | Yes | Reff |
No | 1.02 (0.99,1.04) | |
Currently pregnant | Yes | Reff |
No or unsure | 1.06 (1.02, 1.09) | |
Currently breast feeding | Yes | Reff |
No | 0.86 (0.84,0.88) | |
BMI | Underweight | 1.14 (1.12,1.16) |
Normal | Reff | |
Overweight | 0.81 (0.79,0.84) | |
Ever had terminated pregnancy | Yes | 1.08 (1.04,1.13) |
No | Reff | |
Health insurance coverage | Yes | 0.91 (0.89,0.93) |
No | Reff | |
Community level factors | ||
Place of residence | Urban | Reff |
Rural | 0.98 (0.96,1.01) | |
Distance to health facility | no problem | Reff |
big problem | 1.05 (1.03,1.08) | |