Sex of household head and other household determinants of childhood anaemia among households in Ghana: regression analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey

Table 2 Association between sex of household head, other household factors and childhood anaemic status in Ghana.

Household factors	Childhood anaemia status
Household factors	Not anaemic	Anaemic	P values
Sex of Household head
Male	82.6	17.4	0.354
Female	83.6	16.4	0.354
Wealth Index
Poorest	69.7	30.3	< 0.001
Poorer	77.8	22.2
Middle	81.9	18.1
Richer	87.9	12.1
Richest	91.7	8.3
Type of toilet facility
Improved	85.5	14.5	< 0.001
Unimproved	75.5	24.5	< 0.001
Source of drinking water
Improved	83.8	16.2	< 0.001
Unimproved	72.2	27.8	< 0.001
Age of Household Head
20–29	85.1	14.9	< 0.001
30–39	78.3	21.7
40–49	80.3	19.7
50–59	84.9	15.1
60–69	87.5	12.5
70 +	87.9	12.1
Type of cooking fuel
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	91.9	8.1	< 0.001
Charcoal	83.0	17.0
Fuel wood	74.2	25.8
Other fuel	95.7	4.3
Household membership size
1–4	91.1	8.9	< 0.001
5–10	68.2	31.8
11 +	56.6	43.4
Bednets ownership
No bednets	91.5	8.5	< 0.001
1–3 bednets	82.0	18.0
4 + bednets	71.7	28.3
Eco zone of residence
Coastal/Southern zone	86.2	13.8	< 0.001
Middle belt	84.7	15.3
Northern zone	66.1	33.9
Place of residence
Urban	87.1	12.9	< 0.001
Rural	78.6	21.4	< 0.001
House sprayed against malaria in the past 12 months
Not sprayed	83.7	16.3	< 0.001
Sprayed	73.2	26.8	< 0.001

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