Determinants of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Table 2

Factors associated with anemia among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia, 2016 EDHS.

Variables		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
Mother’s age
15–24		1.6 (1.3, 1.9)	1.4 (1.1, 1.8)
25–34		1.3 (1.1, 1.5)	1.3 (1.1, 1.5)
35–49		1	1
Mother’s education status
No education		1.5 (1.14, 2.0)	1.3 (0.9, 1.8)
Primary		1.4 (1.1, 1.8)	1.3 (0.9, 1.7)
Secondary+		1	1
Mother’s occupation
No		1.2 (1.0, 1.4)	1.0 (0.9, 1.2)
Yes		1	1
Mother’s anemia status
Not anemic		1	1
Anemic	2.0 (1.7, 2.4)	1.9 (1.6, 2.2)
Wealth index
Poor	1.6 (1.3, 1.9)	1.4 (1.1, 1.7)
Middle	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	1.0 (0.8, 1.2)
Rich	1
Region
Developing	2.6 (1.0, 3.3)	1.5 (1.1, 2.0)
Major	1.2 (0.9, 1.5)	0.8 (0.6, 1.1)
City administrative		1
Family size
≤4	1.0 (0.9, 1.2)	0.9 (0.7, 1.1)
5–8	1	1
≥9	1.3 (1.0, 1.5)	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)
Number of U5 in the HH
≤3	1
≥4	1.8 (1.1, 3.0)	1.6 (0.9, 2.7)
Age of child in months
6–23	3.5 (2.9, 4.2)	3.8 (3.1, 4.8)
24–42	1.8 (1.5, 2.1)	1.7 (1.4, 2.1)
43–59	1	1
Underweight
No	1	1
Yes	1.5 (1.3, 1.7)	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)
Stunting
No	1	1
Yes	1.4 (1.2, 1.6)	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)
Wasting
No	1
yes	1.7 (1.3, 2.2)	1.3 (0.9, 1.8)
Had diarrhea
No	1	1
yes	1.2 (1.0, 1.5)	0.9 (0.7, 1.2)
Had fever
No	1	1
Yes	1.4 (1.1, 1.7)	1.3 (1.1, 1.7)

 =  value ≤0.05,  =  value ≤0.01, and  =  value ≤0.00.