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Table 1 Associations of anemia with Socio-demographic characteristics among school-age children in Filtu Town, Somali region, South-East Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 355)

From: Anemia and associated factors among school-age children in Filtu Town, Somali region, Southeast Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Anemia

 

COR*(95% CI)

P-value

Yes (%)

No (%)

Sex

Male

52 (27.81)

135 (72.19)

Ref (1)

 
 

Female

32 (19.05)

136 (81.95)

0.61 (0.30, 1.01)

0.054

Age

5-11

75 (25.95)

214 (74.05)

2.20 (1.05, 4.70)

0.037

 

12-15

9 (13.64)

57 (86.36)

Ref (1)

 

Mother’s occupations

House wife

59 (27.19)

158 (72.81)

Ref (1)

 
 

Merchant

10 (14.49)

59 (85.51)

0.7 (0.28, 1.77)

0.461

 

Governmental employee

3 (10.34)

26 (89.66)

0.5 (0.10, 2.61)

0.413

 

Private employee

3 (25.00)

9 (75.00)

0.9 (0.13, 5.22)

0.849

 

Daily laborer

6 (31.58)

13 (68.42)

1.5 (0.44, 5.15)

0.508

 

No job

3 (33.33)

6 (66.67)

0.9 (0.13, 6.87)

0.941

Father’s occupation

Farmer /pastoralist

28 (36.36)

49 (63.64)

Ref (1)

 
 

Merchant

11 (17.74)

51 (82.26)

0.38 (0.17, 0.84)

0.017

 

Governmental employee

9 (13.64)

57 (86.36)

0.28 (0.12, 0.64)

0.003

 

Private employee

7 (17.50)

33 (82.50)

0.37 (0.15, 0.95)

0.038

 

Daily laborer

20 (24.10)

63 (75.90)

0.56 (0.28, 1.10)

0.092

 

No job

9 (33.33)

18 (66.67)

0.88 (0.35, 2.21)

0.777

Mother’s education

Illiterate

76 (27.05)

205 (72.95)

7.4 (0.98, 56.20)

0.053

 

Primary school

5 (13.89)

31 (86.11)

3.2 (0.35, 29.68)

0.301

 

High school

2 (11.76)

15 (88.24)

2.7 (0.22, 32.23)

0.440

 

Collage or above

1 (4.76)

20 (95.24)

Ref (1)

 

Father’s education

Illiterate

64 (26.78)

175 (73.22)

1.9 (0.86, 4.31)

0.114

 

Primary school

10 (24.39)

31 (75.61)

1.7 (0.56, 4.79)

0.320

 

High school

2 (8.00)

23 (92.00)

0.5 (0.09, 2.33)

0.346

 

Collage or above

8 (16.00)

42 (84.00)

Ref (1)

 

Monthly household income

<500 ETB*

11 (50.00)

11 (50.00)

8.90 (3.43, 23.13)

<0.001

 

500-1999 ETB

53 (39.26)

82 (60.74)

5.75 (3.23, 10.30)

<0.001

 

≥2000 ETB

20 (10.10)

178 (89.90)

Ref (1)

 

Family size

<5

8 (9.20)

79 (90.80)

0.26 (0.12, 0.56)

0.001

 

≥5

76 (28.36)

192 (71.64)

Ref (1)

 
  1. NB: ETB* = Ethiopian Birr.