Risk Factors for Anemia Levels among Women of Reproductive Age in Ethiopia: a Partial Proportional Odds Model Approach
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2014-09
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Addis Abeba university
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Anaemia is defined as a lower than normal level of hemoglobin in the blood. Normal levels of
hemoglobin are different for pregnant women, non pregnant women, men, child etc. The
prevalence of anaemia in the world according to WHO, based on the studies conducted from
1993 to 2005 was 24.8 percent and it affected 1.62 billion people worldwide. It is one of the
global widespread public health and nutritional problems affecting both developing and
developed countries, and occurs at all stages of life cycle but it is prominent in pregnant women,
young and other women of reproductive age (WHO, 2008). According to the 2011 EDHS data
the prevalence of anaemia is 17 percent among Ethiopian women aged 15-49. The objective of
this study was to identify determinants of anaemia levels among women of reproductive age
(between 15 and 49) in Ethiopia using the 2011 EDHS data. To achieve the objective of this
study descriptive statistics, chi-square test of association and partial proportional odds model
and related tests were used for data analysis using socio-economic, demographic and health
related variables as explanatory variables and anaemia levels of reproductive age of women as
the response variables. The result of the analysis revealed that the variables education level,
region, parity, pregnancy status, body mass index, place of residence, contraceptive methods
and marital status were found to be significant determinants of anaemia levels among women in
the reproductive age group in Ethiopia and from the result it also suggested that pregnant
women were more likely to be moderate anemic and severe anemic than none pregnant
women. Women who had a large number of children were found to be more likely of being mild
anemic than those who had no child. Rural resident women were more likely of being mild,
moderate and severe anemic than urban resident
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Women of Reproductive Age in Ethiopia