Table 3 Effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on anemia using multilevel logistic regression, non-pregnant, ever-married women aged 15–49, Bangladesh 2011

Residence

−0.0349

0.0184

0.057

0.854

1.004

0.726

 Urban (Ref. Rural)

Education Level

 Primary (Ref. No)

−0.0248

0.0184

0.179

0.897

1.053

0.765

 Secondary (Ref. No)

−0.0591

0.0204

p < 0.01

0.769

0.919

0.644

 Higher (Ref. No)

−0.0988

0.0347

p < 0.01

0.638

0.870

0.468

Husband’s Education

 Primary (Ref. No)

0.0108

0.0185

0.559

1.049

1.233

0.894

 Secondary (Ref. No)

−0.0112

0.0206

0.585

0.950

1.137

0.795

 Higher (Ref. No)

0.0120

0.0283

0.671

1.055

1.353

0.823

Type of toilet at home,

−0.0229

0.0138

0.099

0.903

1.019

0.799

 Unhygienic (Ref. Hygienic)

TV watching

−0.0003

0.0164

0.987

0.999

1.156

0.865

 Yes (Ref. No)

Religion

0.9338

0.0227

p < 0.01

1.506

1.833

1.238

 Non-Muslim (Ref. Muslim)

Currently contraceptive use

−0.2925

0.0148

p < 0.05

0.875

0.999

0.766

 Yes (Ref. No)

Currently breastfeeding

0.0649

0.0185

p < 0.01

1.349

1.593

1.143

 Yes (Ref. No)

Currently amenorrheic

0.1118

0.0334

p < 0.01

1.635

2.197

1.217

 Yes (Ref. No)

 Middle (Ref. Poor)

−0.03334

0.0194

0.086

0.865

1.027

0.729

 Rich (Ref. Poor)

−0.0551

0.0183

p < 0.01

0.781

0.918

0.664

Age Group

0.0832

0.0176

p < 0.01

1.469

1.723

1.253

(30–49) years (Ref. 15–29 years)

 Normal (Ref. Thin)

−0.0759

0.0162

p < 0.01

0.717

0.827

0.622

 Overweight (Ref. Thin)

−0.1559

0.0232

p < 0.01

0.491

0.605

0.368

 Obese (Ref. Thin)

−0.1991

0.0407

p < 0.01

0.396

0.584

0.268

Number of children ever born

 1–2 (Ref. No)

−0.0215

0.0271

0.426

0.901

1.149

0.706

 3–6 (Ref. No)

0.0007

0.0293

0.980

0.995

1.294

0.764

 7+ (Ref. No)

0.0282

0.0426

0.508

1.117

1.629

0.766

Constant

0.4849

0.0198

p < 0.01