Obstetric (RH) characteristics Anemic (#)/(%) Nonanemic (#)/(%) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) (1) Pregnancy trimester First 26 (11.3) 205 (88.7) 1 1 Second 140 (27.8) 364 (72.2) 3.07 (1.95, 4.84) 17.05 (3.69, 78.8) Third 106 (24) 336 (76) 2.51 (1.58, 4.01) 17.71 (3.76, 83.27) (2) Number of under five children 1 146 (25) 439 (75) 1 1 2 86 (18.5) 379 (81.5) 0.68 (0.50, 0.92) 0.39 (0.18, 0.84) 3 39 (31.7) 84 (68.3) 1.40 (0.92, 2.14) 2.10 (0.52, 8.48) (3) Ever had terminated pregnancy No 224 (22.6) 767 (77.4) 1 1 Yes 47 (25.5) 137 (74.5) 1.17 (0.81, 1.68) 2.63 (1.17, 5.92) (4) Pregnancy intention Wanted (then or later) 231 (22.7) 786 (77.3) 1 1 Unwanted 39 (26.5) 108 (73.5) 1.24 (0.84, 1.84) 2.39 (0.98, 5.86) (5) Practice of breast feeding Ever breastfeeding 233 (23.1) 744 (76.9) 1 1 Never breastfeeding 13 (26) 37 (74) 1.15 (0.6, 2.22) 7.64 (2.28, 25.65) Continued breastfeeding 25 (21.9) 89 (78.1) 0.92 (0.57, 1.47) 4.05 (1.61, 10.91) (6) Timing of first ANC visit Timely (<4 months) 28 (20) 112 (80) 1 1 Delayed (4-5 months) 31 (24.8) 94 (75.2) 1.29 (0.72, 2.36) 0.85 (0.42, 1.69) Delayed much (4–9 months) 13 (37.1) 22 (62.9) 2.26 (1.01, 5.05) 2.29 (0.82, 6.38) (7) Number of ANC visits No (0) visits 130 (23.3) 429 (76.7) 1 1 Low (1-2) visits 22 (31.4) 48 (68.6) 1.53 (0.89, 2.62) 1.09 (0.50, 2.36) Adequate (3-4) visits 34 (26.4) 95 (73.6) 1.18 (0.76, 1.83) 0.49 (0.19, 0.98) Frequent (4+) visits 16 (16.3) 82 (83.7) 0.64 (0.36, 1.13) 0.36 (0.08, 0.64) Total 271 (23) 904 (77)