Multilevel Analysis of Determinants of Anemia Prevalence among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia: Classical and Bayesian Approaches

Table 1

Cross tabulation of anemia status versus predictor variables.

Variables	Anemia status				Total	DF	Chi-square	P-value
	Anemic		Not anemic
	N	%	N	%
Region (RGN)
Addis Ababa		28.4%		71.6%
Afar		67.2%		32.8%
Amhara		37.2%		62.8%
Oromiya		40.5%		59.5%
Somali		61.8%		38.2%
Benishangul-Gumuz		37.8%		62.2%
SNNPR		35.1%		64.9%
Gambela		37.5%		62.5%
Harari		41.8%		58.2%
Dire Dawa		50.5%		49.5
Tigray		35.8%		64.2%
Place of Residence (POR
Urban		38.3%		61.7%
Rural		44.4%		55.6%
Sex of child (SEX)
Male		44.5%		56.5%
Female		42.1%		57.9%
No of children u5 in the household (NOCH)
0-3		36.5%		63.5%
4-6		45.8%		54.2%
above 6		46.9%		53.1%
Wealth index (WI)
Poor		49.5%		50.5%
Middle		40.9%		59.1%
Rich		35.6%		64.6%
Marital status (MS)
Married		43.5%		56.5%
Widowed		40.7%		59.3
Divorced/separated		35.5%		64.5
Child’s age in month (AGE)
6-23		50.5%		49.5%
24-41		42.7%		57.3%
42-59		36.7%		63.3%
Mother’s working status (MWS)
Not working		44.4%		55.6%
Working		40.1%		59.9%
Education level (PEL)
No education		48.1%		51.9%
Primary		39.4%		60.6%
Secondary & above		28.0%		72.0%
Given iron pills (GIP)
No		44.4%		55.6%
Yes		36.1%		63.9%
Size of child at birth (SIZE)
Smaller than average		42.4%		57.6%				0.001
Average		39.2%		60.8%
Larger than average		48.0%		52.0%
Source of drinking water (SDW)
Not improved		44.3%		55.7%
Improved		38.1%		61.9%