Statistical Modeling of Determinants of Anemia Prevalence among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence of anemia by various explanatory factors.

Covariates	Categories	Not anemic	Anemic	value
Individual-level factors
Sex of child	Male	1650 (31.20)	3638 (68.80)	<0.0001
	Female	1798 (32.82)	3365 (65.18)
Child age (in month)	6–23	866 (23.33)	2846 (76.67)	0.0261
	24–41	1229 (35.01)	2281 (64.90)
	42–59	1353 (41.90)	1876 (58.10)
Birth type	Single birth	3351 (33.10)	6774 (66.90)	0.4092
	1^st of multiple	56 (30.77)	126 (69.23)
	2^nd of multiple	41 (28.47)	103 (71.53)
Household level factors
Educational level	No formal education	1063 (26.46)	2955 (73.54)	<0.0001
	Primary	532 (30.18)	1231 (69.82)
	Secondary	1356 (36.37)	2372 (63.63)
	Tertiary	497 (52.76)	445 (47.24)
Source of drinking water	Improved	2255 (34.67)	4249 (65.33)	<0.0001
	Unimproved	1193 (30.23)	2754 (69.77)
Wealth index	Poorest	487 (23.07)	1624 (76.93)	<0.0001
	Poorer	537 (25.88)	1538 (74.12)
	Middle	780 (33.91)	1520 (66.09)
	Richer	781 (35.74)	1404 (64.26)
	Richest	863 (48.48)	917 (51.52)
Currently breastfeeding	No	1946 (36.68)	3359 (63.32)	<0.0001
	Yes	1502 (29.19)	3644 (70.81)
	Don’t know	47 (33.33)	94 (66.67)
Sex of household	Male	3012 (32.75)	6186 (67.25)	0.148
	Female	436 (34.80)	817 (65.20)
Size of child at birth	Very large	334 (33.53)	662 (66.47)	0.045
	Larger than average	821 (32.30)	1721 (67.70)
	Average	1883 (34.04)	3648 (65.96)
	Smaller than average	280 (29.26)	677 (70.74)
	Very small	83 (29.23)	201 (70.77)
	Don’t know	47 (33.33)	94 (66.67)
Communitylevel factors
Place of residence	Urban	1613 (39.51)	2469 (60.49)	<0.0001
	Rural	1835 (28.81)	4534 (71.19)
Region	North-central	632 (34.96)	1776 (65.04)	<0.0001
	North-east	610 (32.40)	1273 (67.60)
	North-west	760 (29.91)	1781 (70.09)
	South-east	477 (31.24)	1050 (68.76)
	South-south	351 (29.77)	828 (70.23)
	South-west	618 (40.85)	895 (59.15)