Factors associated with anemia among reproductive age women in Nigeria; evidenced by the Nigeria malaria indicators survey: spatial and multilevel model analysis

Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of reproductive age women in Nigeria 2024

Characteristics	Categories	Anemia		Frequency	Percentage
Characteristics	Categories	Yes	No	Frequency	Percentage
Age group	15–19	142	2651	2793	19.3
	20–24	559	1904	2464	17.0
	25–29	964	1696	2660	18.4
	30–34	836	1526	2362	16.3
	35–39	655	1309	1964	13.6
	40–44	312	1108	1420	9.8
	45–49	91	723	814	5.6
Place of residence	Urban	1154	3488	4641	32.1
Place of residence	Rural	2406	7429	9835	67.9
Religion	Catholic	272	786	1057	7.3
	Other Christian	1207	3685	4892	33.8
	Islam	2063	6407	8470	58.5
	Traditionalist	18	37	54	0.4
	Other	0	3	3	0.0
Educational status	No education	1396	3760	5156	35.6
	Primary	504	1585	2089	14.4
	Secondary	1170	4193	5364	37.1
	Higher	489	1378	1867	12.9
Sex of house hold head	Male	3258	9315	12,573	86.9
Sex of house hold head	Female	302	1602	1903	13.1
Wealth index	Poorest	606	2046	2651	18.3
	Poorer	687	2043	2730	18.9
	Middle	661	2138	2799	19.3
	Richer	727	2279	3006	20.8
	Richest	878	2411	3289	22.7
Sources of water	Improved	2388	7284	9672	66.8
Sources of water	Unimproved	1171	3633	4804	33.2
Types of toilets	Improved	2187	6703	8890	61.4
Types of toilets	Unimproved	1372	4214	5586	38.6
Frequency of listening radio	Not at all	1955	6213	8168	56.4
	Less than once a week	766	2327	3093	21.4
	At least once a week	838	2378	3216	22.2
Frequency of watching television	Not at all	1885	5917	7802	53.9
	Less than once a week	615	1837	2451	16.9
	At least once a week	1059	3163	4223	29.2
Level of anemia	Severe	230	0	230	1.6
	Moderate	1817	0	1817	12.5
	Mild	1513	0	1513	10.4
	Non-anemic	0	10,917	10,917	75.4
Anemia status	Anemic	3559	0	3559	24.6
Anemia status	Not anemic	0	10,917	10,917	75.4

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