Association of Living Arrangement Conditions and Socioeconomic Differentials with Anemia Status among Women in Rural Bangladesh

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Variable	(%)	Anemia status			value
		Yes	No
		(, 44.15%)	(, 55.9%)
Age				6.229
15–29	(1777) 48.1	45.8	49.9
30–49	(1917) 51.9	54.2	50.1
Educational attainment				8.81
Nil	(1103) 29.9	32.0	28.2
Primary	(2436) 65.9	64.5	67.1
Secondary/higher	(155) 4.2	3.6	4.7
Wealth				3.99	0.136
Lowest	(1236) 33.5	32.4	34.3
Middle	(1520) 41.1	40.7	41.5
Highest	(938) 25.4	26.9	24.2
Employed				1.153	0.115
Yes	(393) 10.6	8.1	9.1
No	(3301) 89.4	91.9	90.9
Food security level				0.148	0.710
Secure	(2951) 79.9	80.2	79.7
Insecure	(743) 20.1	19.8	20.3
Microcredit				7.442
Yes	(1074) 29.1	68.6	72.7
No	(2620) 70.9	31.4	27.3
Number of household members				0.630	0.224
>5 members	(2207) 59.7	39.5	40.8
≥5 members	(1487) 40.3	60.5	59.2
Water				0.805	0.242
Piped/hygienic	(3666) 99.2	99.4	99.1
Others/unhygienic	() 0.8	0.6	0.9
Toilet facility				19.424	0.0328
Sanitary	(3685) 99.8	31.7	29.1
Nonsanitary	() 0.2	68.3	70.9
Cooking fuel				3.219
Unclean	(3374) 91.3	88.3	90.2
Clean	(320) 8.7	11.7	9.8
Main floor material				7.630	0.012
Concrete	(452) 12.2	11.5	12.8
Raw	(3242) 87.8	88.5	87.2
Main wall material				0.312	0.137
Concrete	(1531) 41.4	58.1	58.9
Raw	(2163) 58.6	41.9	41.1
Main roof material				1.912	0.097
Concrete	(3242) 87.8	60.5	59.2
Raw	(452) 12.2	39.5	40.8

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