Table 2 Distribution of pooled prevalence of anaemia across the explanatory variables in the study (N = 100,861)
Variable | Anaemia prevalence | P-value |
|---|---|---|
Percent [95% CI] | ||
Access to basic sanitation |  | < 0.001 |
No | 43.1[42.3,43.9] | Â |
Yes | 38.6[37.7,39.5] | Â |
Age group (years) | Â | 0.016 |
15–24 | 41.6[40.7,42.6] |  |
25–34 | 40.8[40.0,41.6] |  |
35–49 | 42.5[41.5,43.6] |  |
Educational level |  | < 0.001 |
No education | 50.7[49.7,51.8] | Â |
Primary | 38.1[37.2,39.0] | Â |
Secondary | 36.6[32.7,37.6] | Â |
Higher | 35.1[32.7,37.6] | Â |
Current union status |  | < 0.001 |
Not in a union | 39.0[37.8,40.2] | Â |
Currently in a union | 41.8[41.2,42.5] | Â |
Currently pregnant |  | < 0.001 |
No | 40.5[39.9,41.2] | Â |
Yes | 49.9[48.3,51.5] | Â |
Currently breastfeeding | Â | 0.015 |
No | 40.8[40.0,41.5] | Â |
Yes | 42.0[41.2,42.8] | Â |
Parity |  | < 0.001 |
1 | 39.7[38.7,40.7] | Â |
2 | 39.6[38.5,40.8] | Â |
3 | 40.1[38.9, 41.4] | Â |
4+ | 43.3[42.4,44.2] | Â |
Reads newspaper |  | < 0.001 |
No | 42.8[42.1,43.5] | Â |
Yes | 35.5[34.4,36.6] | Â |
Listens to the radio |  | < 0.001 |
No | 42.9[41.9,43.8] | Â |
Yes | 40.5[39.7,41.2] | Â |
Watches television | Â | 0.792 |
No | 41.4[40.6,42.2] | Â |
Yes | 41.5[40.7,42.4] | Â |
Covered by health insurance |  | < 0.001 |
No | 42.7[42.0,43.3] | Â |
Yes | 28.7[27.1,30.3] | Â |
Sex of household head |  | < 0.001 |
Male | 41.9[41.2,42.6] | Â |
Female | 39.7[38.7,40.8] | Â |
Wealth |  | < 0.001 |
Poorest | 43.6[42.1,45.0] | Â |
Poorer | 43.2[41.9,44.5] | Â |
Middle | 42.3[41.1,43.4] | Â |
Richer | 40.4[39.3,41.6] | Â |
Richest | 38.8[37.7,39.8] | Â |
Place of residence | Â | 0.087 |
Urban | 40.7[39.8,41.7] | Â |
Rural | 41.8[41.0,42.7] | Â |