Research Article
Statistical Modeling of Determinants of Anemia Prevalence among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Individual-level, community-level, and household-related characteristics of the study participants (n = 10,451).
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage |
| Respondent age: 30.00 ± 6.69 | Individual-level factors | Sex of the child | Male | 5288 | 50.6 | Female | 5163 | 49.4 | Child age in month | 6–23 | 3712 | 35.53 | 24–41 | 3229 | 30.90 | 42–59 | 144 | 1.38 | Birth type | 1st of multiple | 182 | 1.74 | 2nd of multiple | 144 | 1.38 |
| Community-level factors | Type of residence | Urban | 4082 | 39.06 | Rural | 6369 | 60.94 | Geographical area | Northcentral | 1808 | 17.30 | Northeast | 1883 | 18.02 | Northwest | 2541 | 24.31 | Southeast | 1527 | 14.61 | South-south | 1179 | 11.28 | Southwest | 1513 | 14.48 |
| Household factors | Educational status | No formal education | 4018 | 38.45 | Primary | 1763 | 16.87 | Secondary school | 3728 | 35.67 | Higher education | 942 | 9.01 | Source of drinking water | Improved | 6504 | 62.23 | Unimproved | 3947 | 37.77 | Religion | Catholic | 1069 | 10.23 | Christian | 3799 | 36.35 | Islamic | 5485 | 52.48 | Traditionalist | 98 | 0.41 | No religion | 55 | 0.53 | Currently breastfeeding | No | 5305 | 50.76 | Yes | 5146 | 49.24 |
| Household factors | Wealth index | Poorest | 2111 | 20.20 | Poorer | 2075 | 19.85 | Middle | 2300 | 22.01 | Richer | 1780 | 17.03 | Richest | 6707 | 22.0 | Size of child at birth | Very large | 996 | 9.53 | Larger than average | 2542 | 24.32 | Average | 5531 | 52.92 | Smaller than average | 957 | 9.16 | Very small | 284 | 2.72 | Do not know | 141 | 1.35 |
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