Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anemia among Reproductive-Aged Women in Sayint Adjibar Town, Northeast Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and reproductive health-related characteristics of the study participants, from February to April 2018.

Variables		Frequency (n)	Percent
Age category	15–24	169	47.1
	25–35	130	36.2
	36–49	60	16.7
Marital status	Married	140	39.0
	Single	157	43.7
	Divorced	54	15.0
	Widowed	8	2.2
Educational status	No formal education	87	24.2
	Elementary school	62	17.3
	Secondary school and above	210	58.5
Religion	Orthodox	334	93.0
	Muslim	25	7.0
Household size	≤2	147	40.9
	3-4	145	40.4
	≥5	67	18.7
Occupation	Employee	31	8.6
	Housewife	122	34.0
	Student	128	35.7
	Merchant	31	8.6
	Others	47	13.1
Wealth index	Poor	150	41.8
	Middle	91	25.3
	Rich	118	32.9
Experience of pregnancy	Yes	171	47.6
	No	188	52.4
Number of pregnancies (n = 171)	1-2	98	27.3
	>2	73	20.3
Time gap between each birth (n = 130)	≤2	31	23.8
	>2	99	76.2
Bleeding history	Yes	26	7.2
	No	333	92.8
Oral contraceptive usage	Yes	26	7.2
	No	333	92.8
Menstruation cycle	Once per month	323	90.0
	More than once per month	36	10.0
Length of day blood flow in each menstruation	1–5	299	83.3
	>5	60	16.7

Others = daily laborers and job seekers.