Research Article
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Southwestern Uganda
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of children aged 6-23 months and their caregivers attending KIUTH and IAH, Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality.
| Variables | Frequency (%) | Percentage |
| Age | | | 6-11 months | 113 | 31.0 | 12-17 months | 163 | 44.8 | 18-23 months | 88 | 24.2 | Sex | | | Female | 168 | 46.2 | Male | 196 | 53.8 | Gestation age at birth | | | Premature | 31 | 8.5 | Term | 333 | 91.5 | Birth weight | | | <2.5 kg | 38 | 10.4 | ≥2.5 kg | 326 | 89.6 | Maternal age | | | ≤20 | 14 | 3.8 | 21-30 | 248 | 68.1 | 31-40 | 90 | 24.7 | >40 | 12 | 3.3 | Maternal level of education | | | At most primary | 111 | 30.5 | Secondary | 106 | 29.1 | Tertiary | 147 | 40.4 | Maternal occupation | | | Housewife | 79 | 21.7 | Formal employment | 101 | 27.7 | Business | 77 | 21.2 | Peasant | 107 | 29.4 |
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