Table 3

Distribution of childhood anaemia across high-risk fertility behaviour and covariates

Variables	Weighted n	Weighted %	Anaemia (%)	P value
Age less than 18 at most recent delivery				<0.001
No	61 938	96.0	66.5
Yes	2574	4.0	71.7
Age more than 34 at most recent delivery				<0.001
No	52 147	80.8	67.3
Yes	12 365	19.2	64.4
Short birth interval				0.001
No	56 307	87.3	66.4
Yes	8205	12.7	68.8
High parity				<0.001
No	35 252	54.6	65.8
Yes	29 260	45.4	67.9
Sex of child				<0.001
Male	33 427	51.8	67.9
Female	31 085	48.2	65.5
Age of child				<0.001
0	11 256	17.5	78.5
1	21 640	33.5	74.5
2	15 476	24.0	64.4
3	9773	15.1	53.6
4	6367	9.9	45.3
Birth order				0.001
First	12 370	19.2	66.4
2–4	31 415	48.7	66.4
5+	20 727	32.1	68.0
Size of child at birth				0.398
Large	9113	14.1	67.0
Average	17 272	26.8	66.2
Smaller	38 127	59.1	66.9
Mother’s age				<0.001
15–19	3685	5.7	76.7
20–49	60 827	94.3	66.1
Maternal educational level				<0.001
No education	23 484	36.4	75.6
Primary	21 601	33.4	63.4
Secondary	17 259	26.8	60.8
Higher	2168	3.4	61.4
Current employment status				0.001
No	22 078	34.2	67.9
Yes	42 434	65.8	66.1
Antenatal Care				<0.001
No	5705	8.8	72.4
Yes	58 807	91.2	66.2
Place of delivery				<0.001
Home	18 331	28.4	71.3
Health facility	45 380	70.3	64.9
Other	801	1.2	63.8
Postnatal Care				0.752
No	36 090	55.9	66.7
Yes	28 422	44.1	66.8
Marital status				<0.001
Single	8862	13.7	63.6
Married	55 650	86.3	67.2
Drinking water source				0.204
Improved	42 167	65.4	66.5
Unimproved	22 345	34.6	67.2
Toilet facility				<0.001
Improved	30 470	47.2	63.0
Unimproved	34 042	52.8	70.1
Household size				<0.001
Small	28 489	44.2	64.2
Medium	28 511	44.2	66.9
Large	7512	11.6	75.7
Mass media exposure				<0.001
No	22 096	34.3	69.4
Yes	42 416	65.7	65.4
Cooking fuel				<0.001
Unclean	57 176	88.6	67.7
Clean	7336	11.4	59.2
Wealth index				<0.001
Poorest	13 415	20.8	72.1
Poorer	13 463	20.9	69.0
Middle	12 956	20.1	67.9
Richer	13 073	20.2	64.8
Richest	11 605	18.0	58.8
Place of residence				<0.001
Urban	21 668	33.6	63.0
Rural	42 844	66.4	68.6

P values obtained from χ² test.