Statistical Modeling of Determinants of Anemia Prevalence among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Individual-level, community-level, and household-related characteristics of the study participants (n = 10,451).

Variables		Frequency (n)	Percentage
Respondent age: 30.00 ± 6.69
Individual-level factors
Sex of the child	Male	5288	50.6
	Female	5163	49.4
Child age in month	6–23	3712	35.53
	24–41	3229	30.90
	42–59	144	1.38
Birth type	1^st of multiple	182	1.74
	2^nd of multiple	144	1.38
Community-level factors
Type of residence	Urban	4082	39.06
	Rural	6369	60.94
Geographical area	Northcentral	1808	17.30
	Northeast	1883	18.02
	Northwest	2541	24.31
	Southeast	1527	14.61
	South-south	1179	11.28
	Southwest	1513	14.48
Household factors
Educational status	No formal education	4018	38.45
	Primary	1763	16.87
	Secondary school	3728	35.67
	Higher education	942	9.01
Source of drinking water	Improved	6504	62.23
	Unimproved	3947	37.77
Religion	Catholic	1069	10.23
	Christian	3799	36.35
	Islamic	5485	52.48
	Traditionalist	98	0.41
	No religion	55	0.53
Currently breastfeeding	No	5305	50.76
	Yes	5146	49.24
Household factors
Wealth index	Poorest	2111	20.20
	Poorer	2075	19.85
	Middle	2300	22.01
	Richer	1780	17.03
	Richest	6707	22.0
Size of child at birth	Very large	996	9.53
	Larger than average	2542	24.32
	Average	5531	52.92
	Smaller than average	957	9.16
	Very small	284	2.72
	Do not know	141	1.35