| Variable | Categories |
Anemic N (%) |
Not Anemic N (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currently breastfeeding | Yes No |
354 (19.4%) 790 (18.7%) |
1472(80.6%) 3439(81.3%) |
.271 |
| Smoking | No Yes |
1105 (18.7%) 39(28.9%) |
4815(81.3%) 96 (71.1%) |
.003 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | Normal or obese (BMI 18.5) Underweight (BMI<18.5) |
1041(18.4%) 103 (26.2%) |
4621(81.6%) 290(73.8%) |
< 0.0001 |
| Marital status | Never in union(single) Married/living with partner Widowed Divorced or separated |
458(18.9%) 524 (17.6%) 75 (28.0%) 87 (22.4%) |
1960 (81.1%) 2458(82.4%) 193 (72.0%) 301 (77.6%) |
< 0.0001 |
| Wealth index | Poor Middle Rich |
524 (22.2%) 213 (18.8%) 406(15.9%) |
1838(77.8%) 920 (81.2%) 2153(84.1%) |
< 0.0001 |
| Bed net use | Yes No |
803 (18.1%) 455 (21.7%) |
3635(81.9%) 1646 (78.3%) |
.0001 |
| Respondent education | No education Primary Secondary and higher |
160(22.0%) 734 (18.8%) 249(17.4%) |
568 (78.0%) 3165(81.2%) 1179 (82.6%) |
0.039 |
| Type of source of drinking water | Piped into dwelling/ yard Public tap Unprotected well Protected well Protected spring Unprotected spring River/lake/ponds/stream/canal Others |
136 (17.7%) 278 (17.6%) 43 (31.9%) 33(30.3%) 361 (19.1%) 146(19.7%) 120 (17.6%) 28 (18.9%) |
631(82.3%) 1306 (82.4%) 92(68.1%) 76 (69.7%) 1532 (80.9%) 596 (80.3%) 560 (82.4%) 120 (81.1%) |
.0001 |
| Cooking fuel | Charcoal Wood Straw/grass/shrub Others |
169 (16.1%) 744 (18.6%) 212 (22.40) 19 (30.2%) |
881 (83.9%) 3254(81.4%) 733 (17.6%) 44 (69.8%) |
< 0.0001 |
| Place of residence | Urban Rural |
187 (15.5%) 957(19.7%) |
1019(84.5%) 3893 (80.3%) |
<0.0001 |
| Province of residence | Kigali South West North East |
113 (13.8%) 338(23.3%) 236(17.9%) 147 (14.6%) 311 (21.2%) |
703 (86.2%) 1115(76.7%) 1083(82.1%) 857 (85.4%) 1154(78.8%) |
< 0.0001 |
| Contraceptive use | Yes No |
304 (15.0%) 840 (20.9%) |
1724(85.0%) 3187(79.1%) |
< 0.0001 |
| Literate | Yes No |
876 (18.0%) 268 (22.5%) |
3990 (82.0%) 922 (77.5%) |
.0001 |
| Type of toilets | Flush Pit latrine with slab Pit latrine without slab/open VIP latrine No facilities Others |
39 (19.6%) 690 (17.9%) 298 (20.6%) 52 (14.9%) 64 (30.9%) 12(33.3%) |
160 (80.4%) 3156(82.1%) 1147(79.4%) 296 (85.1%) 143 (69.1%) 24(66.7%) |
< 0.0001 |