Identifying risk factors of anemia among women of reproductive age in Rwanda – a cross-sectional study using secondary data from the Rwanda demographic and health survey 2014/2015

Hakizimana, Dieudonne; Nisingizwe, Marie Paul; Logan, Jenae; Wong, Rex

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-8019-z

Table 4 Prevalence of anemia per women’ health status and living conditions

From: Identifying risk factors of anemia among women of reproductive age in Rwanda – a cross-sectional study using secondary data from the Rwanda demographic and health survey 2014/2015

Variables		Anemia prevalence			P value
Variables		n	%	95% CI	P value
Currently pregnant	No or unsure	1170	18.9	[17.7–20.2]	0.019*
Currently pregnant	Yes	115	23.4	[19.6–27.6]	0.019*
Number of children ever born	Had no child	456	19.6	[17.9–21.4]	0.684
	1–3 children	472	18.6	[17.0–20.4]
	4–6 children	259	19.2	[17.0–21.6]
	7 or more	97	20.8	[17.1–25.2]
Currently breastfeeding	No	919	19.2	[17.8–20.6]	0.918
Currently breastfeeding	Yes	366	19.3	[17.4–21.4]	0.918
Type of contraceptive method used	None, natural, barriers or permanent	940	20.6	[19.1–22.1]	< 0.001*
	Hormonal	215	13.7	[11.9–15.8]
	Intrauterine device (IUD)	15	29.1	[19.2–41.5]
	Pregnant	115	23.4	[19.6–27.6]
Nutrition status/Body Mass Index	Normal	912	19.1	[17.8–20.5]	< 0.001*
	Underweight	108	26.3	[22.0–31.1]
	Overweight	233	19.0	[16.7–21.5]
	Obese	30	11.6	[8.1–16.4]
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine	Not at all	970	19.7	[18.3–21.2]	0.199
	Less than once a week	235	17.4	[15.4–19.6]
	At least once a week	78	19.3	[15.5–23.8]
Frequency of listening to radio	Not at all	233	21.6	[18.8–24.7]	0.138
	Less than once a week	292	19.6	[17.2–22.1]
	At least once a week	759	18.5	[17.1–20.0]
Frequency of watching television	Not at all	755	19.9	[18.3–21.5]	0.237
	Less than once a week	330	18.8	[16.8–20.9]
	At least once a week	195	17.6	[15.3–20.1]
Have mosquito bed net for sleeping	No	232	22.1	[19.4–25.1]	0.020*
Have mosquito bed net for sleeping	Yes	1052	18.7	[17.4–20.1]	0.020*
Respondent slept under mosquito net	No	470	21.5	[19.5–23.6]	0.003*
Respondent slept under mosquito net	Yes	815	18.1	[16.8–19.6]	0.003*
Type of toilet facility	Nonimproved	391	22.0	[19.7–24.4]	0.003*
Type of toilet facility	Improved	871	18.2	[16.9–19.6]	0.003*
Source of drinking water	Nonimproved	327	19.5	[17.0–22.3]	0.785
Source of drinking water	Improved	935	19.1	[17.8–20.5]	0.785
Access to health facility/ distance	A big problem	285	20.0	[17.5–22.7]	0.503
Access to health facility/ distance	Not a big problem	999	19.0	[17.7–20.4]	0.503

P values are from Pearson’s chi-squared test
*: Unadjusted significant variables (p < 0.05)

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