Background
Methods
Study design
Sampling technique
Method of data collection
Blood test
Anthropometric measurements
Methods of data analysis
Operational definitions
Ethical considerations
Results
Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of the study participants
Sociodemographic variables | Total n(%) n = 404 | Anemia | X2
| p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Present n(%) n = 152 | Absent n(%) n = 252 | ||||
Sex
| |||||
Male | 187(46.3) | 77(41.2) | 110(58.8) | 1.872 | 0.171 |
Female | 217(53.7) | 75(34.6) | 142(65.4) | ||
Age group
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6–11 years | 291(72.0) | 118(40.5) | 173(59.5) | 3.796 | 0.51 |
12–14 years | 113(28.0) | 34(30.1) | 79(69.9) | ||
Religion
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Muslim | 140(34.7) | 59(42.1) | 81(57.9) | ||
Orthodox | 199(49.3) | 69(34.7) | 130(65.3) | 2.281 | 0.516 |
Protestant | 61(15.1) | 22(36.1) | 39(63.9) | ||
Others* | 4(0.01) | 2(50.0) | 2(50.0) | ||
Ethnicity
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Oromo | 162(40.1) | 72(44.4) | 90(55.6) | ||
Amhara | 87(21.5) | 30(34.5) | 57(65.5) | ||
Gurage | 19(4.7) | 8(42.1) | 11(57.9) | ||
Kefficho | 39(9.7) | 10(25.6) | 29(74.4) | ||
Dawro | 39(9.7) | 17(43.6) | 22(56.4) | 10.195 | 0.117 |
Yemme | 21(5.2) | 5(23.8) | 16(76.2) | ||
Others** | 37(9.2) | 10(27.0) | 27(73.0) | ||
Marital status (Parents)
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Living together | 316(78.2) | 112(35.4) | 204(64.6) | ||
Divorced | 13(3.2) | 9(69.2) | 4(30.8) | 8.293 | 0.040 |
Widowed | 52(12.9) | 24(46.2) | 28(53.8) | ||
Separated | 23(5.7) | 7(30.4) | 16(69.6) | ||
Family size
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≤5 | 236(58.4) | 86(36.4) | 150(63.6) | ||
>5 | 168(41.6) | 66(39.3) | 102(60.7) | 0.338 | 0.561 |
Educational level (Fathers)
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Illiterate | 16(4.0) | 10(62.5) | 6(37.5) | ||
Read and write | 23(5.7) | 5(21.7) | 18(78.3) | 16.138 | 0.003 |
Primary level | 91(22.5) | 44(48.4) | 47(51.6) | ||
Secondary level | 165(40.8) | 52(31.5) | 113(68.5) | ||
Tertiary level | 39(9.7) | 10(25.6) | 29(74.4) | ||
Missed | 70(17.3) | ||||
Educational level (Mothers)
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Illiterate | 78(19.3) | 46(59.0) | 32(41.0) | ||
Read and write | 42(10.4) | 29(69.0) | 13(31.0) | 58.777 | 0.000 |
Primary level | 105(26.0) | 38(36.2) | 67(63.8) | ||
Secondary level | 139(34.4) | 24(17.3) | 115(82.7) | ||
Tertiary level | 22(5.4) | 6(27.3) | 16(72.7) | ||
Missed | 18(4.5) | ||||
Monthly income (ETB)
¥
| |||||
<500 | 103(25.5) | 66(64.1) | 37(35.9) | ||
500-999 | 139(34.4) | 56(40.3) | 83(59.7) | 58.033 | 0.000 |
1000-1499 | 88(21.8) | 17(19.3) | 71(80.7) | ||
1500-1999 | 36(8.9) | 9(25.0) | 27(75.0) | ||
>2000 | 38(9.4) | 4(10.5) | 34(89.5) | ||
Occupation (Fathers)
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Farmer | 32(7.9) | 15(46.9) | 17(53.1) | ||
Merchant | 47(11.6) | 7(14.9) | 40(85.1) | ||
Civil servant | 140(34.7) | 53(37.9) | 87(62.1) | ||
Hand craft | 65(16.1) | 18(27.7) | 47(72.3) | 22.113 | 0.000 |
Daily laborer | 28(6.9) | 17(60.7) | 11(39.3) | ||
Others*** | 22(5.4) | 11(50.0) | 11(50.0) | ||
Missed | 70(17.3) | ||||
Occupation (Mothers)
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Merchant | 78(19.3) | 17(21.8) | 61(78.2) | ||
Civil servant | 69(17.1) | 19(27.5) | 50(72.5) | ||
House wife | 193(47.8) | 86(44.6) | 107(53.4) | ||
Daily labor | 20(5.0) | 11(55.0) | 9(45.0) | 17.913 | 0.001 |
Others**** | 26(6.4) | 10(38.5) | 16(61.5) | ||
Missed | 18(4.5) |
Prevalence of anemia
Sex & age in years | Total N(%) | Hb (g/dL) Mean ± SD | t | CI (95 %) | p-value |
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Sex:
| |||||
Male | 187(46.3) | 11.39 ± 1.94 | 1.89 | -0.013, 0.75 | 0.058 |
Female | 217(53.7) | 11.76 ± 1.97 | |||
Age:
| |||||
6-11 | 291(72) | 11.45 ± 2.08 | 2.432 | 0.089, 0.855 | 0.016 |
12-14 | 113(28) | 11.93 ± 1.60 | |||
Total
| 404(100) | 11.59 ± 1.97 |
Severity of anemia
Association between anthropometric status, dietary factors and prevalence of anemia
Variables | Total N(%) | Anemia | X2
| p-value | COR | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absent N(%) | Present N(%) | ||||||
BMI for age < -2Z score
| |||||||
Yes | 22(5.4) | 9(3.6) | 13(8.6) | 4.569 | 0.033 | 0.39 | 0.16, 0.95 |
No | 382(94.6) | 243(96.4) | 139(91.4) | 1.00 | |||
Height for age < -2Z score
| |||||||
Yes | 38(9.4) | 26(10.3) | 12(7.9) | 0.653 | 0.419 | 1.34 | 0.65, 2.74 |
No | 366(90.6) | 226(89.7) | 140(92.1) | 1.00 | |||
Consumption of food from plant source
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Less than once a day | 186(46) | 76(30.2) | 110(73.4) | 67.99 | 0.000 | 0.16 | 0.10, 0.25 |
Once a day or more | 218(54) | 176(69.8) | 42(27.6) | 1.00 | |||
Consumption of food from animal source
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Less than once a week | 304(75.2) | 167(66.3) | 137(90.1) | 28.98 | 0.000 | 0.21 | 0.11, 0.38 |
Once a week or more | 100(24.8) | 85(33.7) | 15(9.9) | 1.00 |
Diet
Correlates of anemia
Variables | B | S.E | p-value | AOR | 95% CI |
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Age
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6–11 years | 0.279 | 0.355 | 0.432 | 1.322 | (0.659, 2.649) |
12–14 years | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Marital status (family)
| |||||
Living together | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Widowed | 0.583 | 0.573 | 0.102 | 1.791 | (0.890, 3.604) |
Separated | 0.225 | 0.239 | 0.695 | 1.252 | (0.407, 3.850) |
Educational level (Father)
| |||||
Illiterate | 1.026 | 0.955 | 0.283 | 2.790 | (0.429, 18.122) |
Read and write | -1.349 | 0.922 | 0.143 | .260 | (0.043, 1.580) |
Primary level | 0.020 | 0.643 | 0.976 | 1.020 | (0.289, 3.593) |
Secondary level | 0.001 | 0.565 | 0.998 | 1.001 | (0.331, 3.031) |
Tertiary level | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Educational level (Mother)
| |||||
Illiterate | 0.879 | 0.563 | 0.119 | 2.409 | (0.799, 7.268) |
Read and write | 1.531 | 0.615 | 0.013 | 4.621 | (1.383, 15.439) |
Primary level | 0.107 | 0.550 | 0.845 | 1.113 | (0.379, 3.274) |
Secondary level | -0.488 | 0.555 | 0.380 | .614 | (0.207, 1.824) |
Tertiary level | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Average monthly income (ETB)
¥
| |||||
<500 | 1.594 | 0.782 | 0.042 | 4.925 | (1.063, 22.820) |
500-999 | 1.230 | 0.695 | 0.077 | 3.421 | (0.876, 13.361) |
1000-1499 | 0.423 | 0.686 | 0.538 | 1.526 | (0.398, 5.857) |
1500-1999 | 0.645 | 0.761 | 0.397 | 1.905 | (0.429, 8.461) |
>2000 | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Occupation (Father)
| |||||
Farmer | 0.319 | 0.725 | 0.660 | 1.375 | (0.332, 5.691) |
Merchant | -0.090 | 0.794 | 0.910 | .914 | (0.193, 4.335) |
Civil servant | 0.323 | .629 | 0.608 | 1.381 | (0.403, 4.737) |
Hand craft | -0.050 | 0.656 | 0.940 | .952 | (0.263, 3.445) |
Daily labor | 0.421 | 0.760 | 0.580 | 1.523 | (0.344, 6.749) |
Others*** | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Occupation (Mother)
| . | ||||
Merchant | -0.192 | 848 | 0.820 | .825 | (0.157, 4.344) |
Civil servant | 0.747 | 0.857 | 0.383 | 2.112 | (0.393, 11.335) |
House wife | 0.692 | 0.718 | 0.335 | 1.999 | (0.489, 8.161) |
Daily labor | 1.127 | 1.088 | 0.300 | 3.087 | (0.366, 26.017) |
Others**** | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
BMI for age < -2Z score
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Yes | 0.207 | 0.658 | 0.754 | 1.229 | (0.338, 4.466) |
No | 0.0 | 1.00 | |||
Consumption of food from plant source
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Less than once a day | 1.347 | 0.317 | 0.000 | 3.847 | (2.068, 7.157) |
Once a day or more | 0.00 | 1.00 | |||
Consumption of food from animal source
| |||||
Less than once a week | 863 | 420 | 0.040 | 2.370 | (1.040, 5.402) |
Once a week or more | 0.0 | 1.00 |