Prevalence, Severity, and Determinant Factors of Anemia among Pregnant Women in South Sudanese Refugees, Pugnido, Western Ethiopia
Table 2
Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of the refugee pregnant women attending ANC clinic at Pugnido ARRA Health Center in Gambela, Western Ethiopia, April 15–June 30/2015.
Variables
Anemia
COR (95% CI)
value
Yes: (%)
No: (%)
Age in years
16–20
37 (34.6%)
70 (65.4%)
1.89 (0.85–4.20)
21–25
35 (38.9%)
55 (61.1%)
1.57 (0.69–3.54)
0.275
26–30
28 (31.1%)
62 (68.9%)
2.21 (0.64–5.05)
31–35
14 (34.1%)
27 (65.9%)
1.93 (0.74–4.97)
≥36
16 (50.0%)
16 (50.0%)
1
Ethnicity
Agnuwa
48 (36.9%)
82 (63.1%)
0.95 (0.60–1.48)
0.809
Nuer
82 (35.6%)
148 (64.4%)
1
Occupation
Students
26 (30.6%)
59 (69.4%)
0.82 (0.31–1.59)
0.395
Housewife
51 (38.3%)
82 (61.7%)
1.31 (0.56–1.58)
0.818
Employed
11 (37.9%)
18 (62.1%)
1.20 (0.72–2.33)
0.393
No specified job
42 (37.2%)
71 (62.8%)
1
Income availability
Yes
32 (43.8%)
41 (56.2%)
1
No
98 (34.1%)
189 (65.9%)
0.66 (0.39–1.12)
0.225
Educational status
Illiterate
53 (46.9%)
60 (53.1%)
1.95 (1.23–3.08)
Literate
77 (31.2%)
170 (68.8%)
1
Marital status
Married
103 (35.8%)
185 (64.2%)
1
Unmarried
27 (37.5%)
45 (62.5%)
0.93 (0.54–1.58)
0.784
Duration of stay in refugee camp
<18 months
65 (43.9%)
83 (56.1%)
1.77 (1.14–2.74)
≥18 months
65 (30.7%)
147 (69.3%)
1
Trimester
First
6 (17.6%)
28 (82.4%)
1
Second
46 (27.9%)
119 (72.1%)
2.43 (1.53–3.85)
Third
78 (48.4%)
83 (51.6%)
4.38 (1.72–11.16)
<0.00
Gravidity
Primigravidae
23 (29.1%)
55 (70.5%)
1
Multigravidae
107 (37.9%)
175 (62.1%)
1.46 (0.85–2.51)
Parity
Nulliparous
30 (33.0%)
61 (67.0%)
1
Primiparae
12 (38.7%)
19 (61.3%)
0.78 (0.33–1.81)
0.562
Multipara
88 (37.0%)
150 (63.0%)
0.84 (0.50–1.39)
0.498
Birth interval in months
≤24
45 (39.1%)
70 (60.9%)
1.19 (0.70–2.02)
0.506
>24
43 (35.0%)
80 (65.0%)
1
Blood loss†
Yes
21 (41.2%)
30 (58.8%)
1.28 (0.70–2.35)
0.417
No
109 (35.3%)
200 (64.7%)
1
Prolonged menstruation††
Yes
19 (46.3%)
22 (53.7%)
1.62 (0.84–3.12)
No
111 (34.8%)
208 (65.2%)
1
History of abortion
Yes
31 (48.4%)
33 (51.6%)
1.87 (1.08–3.23)
No
99 (45.4%)
119 (54.6%)
1
COR: crude odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, , candidates for multivariate logistic regression analysis, 1: reference group, source of personal income other than aid or donation, , divorced, and widowed, (hemorrhage) during index pregnancy, and of prolonged menstruating for longer than 7 days.
