Factors Associated with Anemia among Children Aged 6–23 Months Attending Growth Monitoring at Tsitsika Health Center, Wag-Himra Zone, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the family and children aged 6–23 months attending growth monitoring at Tsitsika Health Center, Northeast Ethiopia ().

Background characteristics	Frequencies	Percent (%)
Sex of the child
Male	171	49.3
Female	176	50.7
Age of the child (in months)
6–8 months	91	26.2
9–11 months	93	26.8
12–17 months	100	28.8
18–23 months	63	18.2
Respondent relation to the child
Mother	335	96.5
Other	12	3.5
Marital status of the mother/caretaker
Single	36	10.4
Married	306	88.2
Other^*	5	1.4
Educational status of the mother/caretaker
No formal education	140	40.3
Primary education	114	32.9
≥Secondary education	93	26.8
Employment status of the mother/caretaker
Housewife	266	76.7
Civil servant	27	7.8
Farmer	27	7.8
Merchant	11	3.2
Other^**	16	4.6
Father educational status
No formal education	78	22.7
Primary education (1–8)	147	42.4
≥Secondary education and above	121	34.9
Father employment status
Farmer	149	42.9
Civil servant	74	21.3
Merchant	59	17.0
Private employed	47	13.5
Other	18	5.2
Birth order of the child
1st	65	18.7
2nd	74	21.3
3rd	69	19.9
4th and above	139	40.1
Living arrangement of the child
Living with both parents	305	87.9
Living with mother only	38	10.9
Living with grandparents	4	1.2
Number of siblings aged <5 years
0	150	43.2
1	194	55.9
≥2	3	0.9
Number of children in the family
2-3	96	27.7
4–6	235	67.7
≥7	16	4.6
Household wealth index
Lowest	67	19.3
Second	78	22.5
Middle	108	31.1
Fourth	58	16.7
Highest	36	10.4

^*divorced, widowed, and separated.
^**Student and house servant.