Table 3 Model association between participants’ characteristics and Hemoglobin status (N = 320)
Participants characteristics | Hemoglobin status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Total | Anemic | Non-Anemic | |
Age (yrs) | |||
< 30 | 123 (38.44) | 62 (39.49) | 61 (37.42) |
30–40 | 109 (34.06) | 52 (33.12) | 57 (34.97) |
41+ | 88 (27.390) | 43 (27.39) | 45 (27.61) |
Tau b = 0.0093 | |||
Sex | |||
Male | 163 (50.93) | 69 (43.95) | 94 (57.67) |
Female | 157 (49.06) | 88 (56.05) | 69(42.33 |
Somers D= -0.5605 | |||
Marital Status | |||
Single | 120 (37.50 | 49 (31.21) | 71 (43.56) |
Married/cohabiting | 200 (62.50) | 108 (66.26) | 92(56.44) |
Somers D = 0.0800 | |||
Ethnicity | |||
Akan | 63 (19.69) | 32 (20.38) | 31 (19.02) |
Ewe | 27 (8.44) | 13 (8,28) | 14 (8.59) |
Ga | 202 (63.13 | 97 (61.78) | 105(64.42) |
Hausa | 16 (5.00) | 10 (6.37) | 6 (3,68) |
Others | 12 (3.76) | 5 (3.18) | 7 (4.29) |
Somers D = 0.0265 | |||
Highest Educational Qualification | |||
Never attended | 38 (11.9) | 14 (8.92 | 24 (14.72) |
Pre-primary/Primary/JHS/SSS | 172 (53.8) | 90 (57.32) | 82 (50.31) |
Technical professional certificate/diploma | 54 (16.9) | 23 (14.65) | 31 (19.02) |
Bachelor/Postgraduate | 56 (17.5) | 30 (19.11) | 26 (15.95) |
Somers D = 0.0203 | |||
Household Income (In Ghana cedis) | |||
< 250 | 40 (12.50) | 18 (11.46) | 22 (13.50) |
250–500 | 81 (25.31) | 56 (35.57) | 25 (15.34) |
510-1,000 | 64 (20.00) | 22 (14.01) | 42 (25.77) |
1,100-1,500 | 75 (23.44) | 51 () | 24 (14.72) |
1,500-2,000 | 42 (13.13) | 6 (32.48) | 36 (22.09) |
> 2,000 | 18 (5.63) | 4 (2.55) | 14 (8.59) |
Somers D=-0.0064 | |||
Body Max Index | |||
Normal Weight | 56(17.50) | 25 (15.34) | 31 (19.02) |
Over weight | 118 (36.88) | 62 (39.49) | 56 (34.36) |
Obese | 146 (45.63) | 70 (44.59) | 76 (46.63) |
Somers D = 0.0076 | |||
Main Source of drinking water for household | |||
Improved | 279 (87.19) | 139 (88.54) | 140 (85.89) |
Unimproved | 41 (12.81) | 18 (11.46) | 23 (18.11) |
Somers D=-0.0537 | |||
Type of sanitation facility | |||
Unimproved | 133 (41.6) | 47 (29.94) | 86 (52.76) |
Improved | 187 (58.4) | 110 (70.06) | 77 (47.24) |
Somers D=-0.2247 | |||
Last time you took anti-helminthic | |||
Within 3 months | 136 (42.50) | 42 (26.75) | 94 (575.67) |
More than 3 months ago | 90 (28.13) | 62 (39.49) | 28 (17.18) |
Over a year | 94 (29.38 | 53 (33.76) | 41 (25.15) |
Somers D=-0.1655 | |||
RDT for malaria parasite | |||
Negative | 281 (87.81) | 127 (80.89) | 154 (94.48) |
Positive | 39 (12.19) | 30 (19.11) | 9 (5.52) |
Somers D=-0.0880 | |||
Use mosquito spray | |||
Yes | 148 (46.25 | 22 (14.01) | 59 (3620) |
No | 172 (53.75) | 135 (85.99) | 104 (63.80) |
Somers D=-0.1834 | |||