| Background variables | Categories | Number | % up take for 90 days+ | Chi-square |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p values | ||||
| Locality | Urban | 336 | 59.8 | 12.749 |
| Peri-urban | 328 | 51.5 | 0.002 | |
| Rural | 287 | 45.6 | ||
| Distance from health facility | Far | 454 | 44.3 | 24.638 |
| Near | 497 | 60.4 | <0.001 | |
| Tribe | Igbo | 928 | 52.7 | 0.002 |
| Non-Igbo | 23 | 52.2 | 0.563 | |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic | 565 | 52.4 | 2.779 |
| Protestant | 204 | 51.5 | 0.595 | |
| Pentecostal | 177 | 55.4 | ||
| Islam | 4 | 25 | ||
| Traditionalist | 1 | 100 | ||
| Marital status | Married | 937 | 52.9 | 6.111 |
| Widowed | 2 | 100 | 0.106 | |
| Divorced | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| Single | 10 | 30.0 | ||
| Level of schooling | Primary | 72 | 41.7 | 7.600 |
| Secondary | 587 | 51.4 | 0.022 | |
| Post-secondary | 286 | 58.4 | ||
| Employed | Yes | 697 | 53.5 | 0.728 |
| No | 254 | 50.4 | 0.218 | |
| Employment type | Domestic aid | 8 | 12.5 | 21.002 |
| Petty trading | 204 | 47.5 | 0.002 | |
| Business | 334 | 53.0 | ||
| Teaching | 52 | 59.6 | ||
| Health worker | 38 | 55.3 | ||
| Civil servant | 43 | 74.4 | ||
| Other | 18 | 77.8 | ||
| Age group | 15–19 | 32 | 37.5 | 12.653 |
| 20–24 | 192 | 47.4 | 0.049 | |
| 25–29 | 331 | 49.8 | ||
| 30–24 | 265 | 58.5 | ||
| 35–39 | 100 | 58.0 | ||
| 40–44 | 25 | 64.0 | ||
| 45+ | 6 | 66.7 | ||
| Number of pregnancies | Once | 235 | 48.9 | 7.461 |
| 2–3 times | 429 | 51.0 | 0.059 | |
| 4–5 times | 198 | 61.1 | ||
| 6 times and above | 89 | 51.7 | ||
| Knowledge of anemia in pregnancy | Good (≥9 points) | 522 | 53.6 | 0.426 |
| Poor (<9 points) | 429 | 51.5 | 0.278 | |
| Wealth index | First quintile | 188 | 48.4 | 13.216 |
| Second quintile | 333 | 50.2 | 0.010 | |
| Third quintile | 178 | 48.3 | ||
| Fourth quintile | 138 | 63.8 | ||
| Fifth quintile | 114 | 60.5 | ||
| Antenatal care visit | Yes | 939 | 53.1 | 6.324 |
| No | 12 | 16.7 | 0.012 | |
| Number of ANC visits | <4 times | 882 | 54.4 | 14.771 |
| ≥4 times | 69 | 30.4 | <0.001 |