Sociodemographic characteristic Anemic (#)/(%) Nonanemic (#)/(%) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) (1) Age 15–19 5 (12.5) 35 (87.5) 1 1 20–24 45 (19.1) 190 (80.9) 1.64 (0.61, 4.38) 1.57 (0.57, 4.35) 25–29 110 (23.7) 355 (76.3) 2.13 (0.82, 5.53) 2.35 (0.87, 6.35) 30–34 67 (27.1) 180 (72.9) 2.56 (0.97, 6.75)
2.65 (0.97, 7.260) 35–39 29 (20.1) 110 (79.1) 1.79 (0.65, 4.96) 2.04 (0.71, 5.85) 40–44 12 (30) 28 (70) 3.07 (0.98, 9.64) 3.43 (1.04, 11.28) 45–49 2 (25) 6 (75) 1.82 (0.24, 13.70) 1.36 (0.15, 11.89) (2) Residence Urban 25 (26.9) 68 (73.1) 1 1 Rural 245 (22.7) 836 (77.3) 0.77 (0.48, 1.25) 0.80 (0.43, 1.48) (3) Region Tigray 16 (21.6) 58 (78.4) 1 1 Afar 7 (38.9) 11 (61.1) 2.23 (0.74, 6.71) 2.09 (0.68, 4.40) Amhara 49 (31.2) 108 (68.8) 1.64 (0.86, 3.14) 1.62 (0.84, 3.14) Oromia 129 (23.5) 419 (76.5) 1.11 (0.62, 1.99) 1.04 (0.57, 1.89) Somali 29 (51.8) 27 (48.2) 3.93 (1.84, 8.39) 3.82 (1.71, 8.52) Ben.-Gumuz 5 (27.8) 13 (72.2) 1.47 (0.47, 4.61) 1.32 (0.41, 4.25) SNNPR 30 (10.6) 252 (89.4) 0.44 (0.22, 0.85) 0.41 (0.21, 0.82) Gambella 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7) 1.79 (0.13, 23.8) 1.83 (0.11, 29.43) Hareri 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7) 2.10 (0.14, 30.85) 2.10 (0.13, 32.89) Addis Ababa 0 (0) 10 (100) Dire Dawa 3 (60) 2 (40) 4.97 (0.73, 33.64) 4.51 (0.63, 32.28) (4) Maternal educ. status No education 206 (25) 617 (75) 1 1 Primary educ. 60 (18.4) 266 (81.6) 0.67 (0.48, 0.92) 0.95 (0.60, 1.51) Sec. education 0 (0) 11 (100) 0.08 (0.002, 2.97) 0.24 (0.00, 10.82) Higher educ. 5 (33.3) 10 (67.7) 1.31 (0.43, 4.01) 3.00 (0.66, 13.68) (5) Maternal literacy level Cannot read/write 226 (23.7) 727 (76.3) 1 1 Partially read and write 25 (23.4) 82 (76.6) 0.99 (0.62, 1.59) 1.12 (0.61, 2.04) Fully read and write 13 (13) 87 (87) 0.49 (0.27, 0.90) 0.46 (0.19, 1.11)
