Determinant Factors of Anemia among Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Study
Table 2
Association of anemia with sociodemographic and clinical factors among nonpregnant women of childbearing age ().
Variable
Categories
Anemia
COR (95% CI)
values
Yes (%)
No (%)
Age
15–24
21 (14.9)
120 (85.1)
1.52 (0.68, 3.39)
0.304
25–35
40 (19.7)
163 (80.3)
2.14 (1.02, 4.48)
0.045
36–49
10 (10.3)
87 (89.7)
1
0.111
Marital status
Unmarried
6 (7.2)
77 (92.8)
1
<0.001
Married
65 (18.2)
293 (81.8)
2.85 (2.19, 6.82)
0.019
Educational status
Illiterate
34 (25.8)
98 (74.2)
2.69 (1.42, 5.1)
0.002
Elementary†
20 (12.5)
140 (87.5)
1.11 (0.56, 2.21)
0.768
Secondary‡
17 (11.4)
132 (88.6)
1
0.002
Occupation
Employee
12 (10.0)
107 (90.0)
1
0.001
Housewife
22 (14.2)
133 (85.8)
1.48 (0.74, 3.12)
0.309
Daily laborer
28 (28.9)
69 (71.1)
3.62 (1.73, 7.59)
0.001
Student
5 (8.5)
54 (91.5)
0.83 (0.28, 2.46)
0.731
Others
4 (36.4)
7 (63.6)
5.1 (1.32, 19.67)
0.019
Household size
1–5
56 (16.0)
294 (84.0)
1
>5
15 (16.5)
76 (83.5)
1.04 (0.56, 1.93)
0.911
Household
<500
23 (36.5)
40 (63.5)
14.9 (6.25, 35.78)
<0.001
500–1000
40 (24.7)
122 (75.3)
8.53 (3.86, 18.80)
<0.001
>1000
8 (3.7)
208 (96.3)
1
<0.001
Chronic illness
Yes
7 (70.0)
3 (30.0)
13.38 (3.37, 35.1)
0.026
No
64 (14.8)
367 (85.2)
1
<0.001
History of
Yes
16 (35.6)
29 (64.4)
3.42 (1.74, 6.71)
<0.001
No
55 (13.9)
341 (86.1)
1
Ever heard about anemia
Yes
15 (8.4)
164 (91.6)
1
No
56 (21.4)
206 (78.6)
2.97 (1.62, 5.45)
<0.001
Presence of current malaria
Yes
3 (60.0)
2 (40.0)
8.12 (1.33, 49.49)
0.023
No
69 (15.8)
367 (84.5)
1
Presence of current IPI
Yes
45 (30.6)
102 (69.4)
4.55 (2.67, 7.76)
<0.001
No
26 (8.8)
268 (91.2)
1
<0.001
COR = crude odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, IPI = intestinal parasitic infection, household = household income per month in Ethiopian birr, history of = history of bleeding other than menstruation and delivery (accidents, ulcer, and hemorrhoids), elementary† = elementary school (1–8 years of education), and secondary‡ = secondary school and above (>8 years of education).
