Research Article

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

Table 2

Association between selected socioeconomic, demographic, and living arrangement factors and anemia among women ageing between 15 and 49 years in Bangladesh, 2011.

Variable(AOR) 95% CI(COR) 95% CI

Age (15–29)
 30–49(1.168) 1.127–1.211(1.158) 0.992–1.351
Educational attainment (secondary/higher)
 Primary(0.723) 0.594–0.880(0.746) 0.593–0.939
 Nil(0.805) 0.513–1.264(0.833) 0.666–1.043
Microcredit (yes)
 No(1.175) 1.150–1.12(1.178) 1.024–1.355
Toilet facility (sanitary)
 Insanitary(1.121) 1.096–1.147(1.387) 0.344–5.596
Cooking fuel (clean)
 Unclean (biomass fuel)(1.82) 0.981–2.460(1.413) 1.073–1.863
Main floor material (concrete)
 Raw(1.140) 0.984–1.3211.250 (1.166–1.339)

Notes. a: reference category. OR: odds ratio.