Extent of Anaemia among Preschool Children in EAG States, India: A Challenge to Policy Makers

Table 3

Multinomial regression analysis results on anemia status among preschool (6–59 months) children by background characteristics, EAG states in India, NFHS, 2005-06.

Background characteristics	Anaemia status by haemoglobin levels
	Severe anaemia			Moderate anaemia			Mild anaemia
	Relative risk (RR)	Confidence interval		Relative risk (RR)	Confidence interval		Relative risk (RR)	Confidence Interval
		Upper limit	Lower limit		Upper limit	Lower limit		Upper limit	Lower Limit
Age groups of children; (months)
6–11	2.42^∗∗∗	1.53	3.837	4.25^∗∗∗	3.607	5.008	2.45^∗∗∗	2.059	2.92
12–17	7.98^∗∗∗	5.693	11.211	5.41^∗∗∗	4.583	6.401	2.47^∗∗∗	2.061	2.97
18–23	7.33^∗∗∗	5.259	10.239	5.14^∗∗∗	4.392	6.037	2.20^∗∗∗	1.845	2.622
24–35	4.04^∗∗∗	3.092	5.298	2.77^∗∗∗	2.479	3.109	1.67^∗∗∗	1.485	1.891
36–59	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Age groups of mothers (years)
15–19	1.428	0.671	3.036	1.99^∗∗∗	1.356	2.936	1.353	0.903	2.026
20–29	0.693	0.396	1.211	1.50^∗∗∗	1.128	2.018	1.102	0.821	1.478
30–39	0.661	0.393	1.112	1.317^∗	0.998	1.738	0.982	0.743	1.297
40–49	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Place of residence
Urban	1.319^∗	0.996	1.746	0.892	0.789	1.009	1.015	0.892	1.155
Rural	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Mothers level of education
No education	1.708^∗∗	1.046	2.79	1.40^∗∗∗	1.177	1.675	1.057	0.88	1.271
Primary level complete	1.607^∗	0.974	2.649	1.23^∗∗	1.029	1.471	1.049	0.872	1.263
Secondary level complete	1.4	0.831	2.359	1.149	0.954	1.382	1.064	0.879	1.288
High school and above	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Household structure
Nuclear family	1.011	0.808	1.265	0.928	0.845	1.019	0.98^∗∗	0.811	0.988
Joint family	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Wealth quintile
Poorest	1.484	0.877	2.509	1.91^∗∗∗	1.535	2.384	1.90^∗∗∗	1.509	2.394
Poor	1.628^∗	0.994	2.666	1.64^∗∗∗	1.339	2.024	1.58^∗∗∗	1.279	1.973
Middle	1.637^∗∗	1.04	2.577	1.41^∗∗∗	1.17	1.719	1.34^∗∗∗	1.096	1.64
Rich	1.121	0.728	1.726	1.29^∗∗∗	1.086	1.532	1.17^∗	0.985	1.41
Richest	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Media exposure
No	0.767^∗∗	0.596	0.988	0.927	0.832	1.034	0.962	0.857	1.08
Yes	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Birth order of the child
1	0.927	0.472	1.819	0.882	0.663	1.173	0.904	0.668	1.223
2-3	1.14	0.647	2.009	1.012	0.789	1.297	0.98	0.753	1.275
4-5	0.97	0.652	1.442	1.06	0.882	1.273	1.001	0.823	1.217
6+	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
Mothers anaemia status
Severe	15.97^∗∗∗	9.533	26.766	2.94^∗∗∗	2.035	4.264	1.61^∗∗	1.064	2.447
Moderate	6.271^∗∗∗	4.71	8.351	2.88^∗∗∗	2.532	3.297	1.66^∗∗∗	1.439	1.919
Mild	2.374^∗∗∗	1.821	3.095	1.78^∗∗∗	1.626	1.97	1.44^∗∗∗	1.31	1.601
Not anaemic	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—
States
Uttaranchal	0.601^∗∗∗	0.347	1.041	0.623^∗∗∗	0.504	0.769	0.926	0.75	1.145
Rajasthan	1.735^∗	1.221	2.464	0.923	0.776	1.099	0.82^∗∗	0.684	0.995
Uttar Pradesh	1.099	0.802	1.506	1.167^∗	1.018	1.338	1.018	0.881	1.177
Bihar	0.543^∗	0.343	0.862	1.155	0.971	1.375	1.157	0.964	1.389
Jharkhand	0.322^∗∗∗	0.184	0.565	0.661^∗∗∗	0.547	0.799	0.81^∗∗	0.667	0.985
Orissa	0.319^∗∗∗	0.187	0.545	0.564^∗∗∗	0.47	0.676	0.82^∗∗	0.689	0.996
Chhattisgarh	0.573^∗∗∗	0.347	0.946	1.065	0.887	1.28	0.861	0.705	1.051
Madhya Pradesh	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—

^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, ^∗𝑃<0.05, reference is last category of each variable and not anemic.