Table 3: Association of anemia with other risk factors among children.
| Variables | Category | Anemia | Chi-square | P-value | |
| Yes | No | ||||
| Sex | Male | 44 (24.1) | 54 (25.6) | 0.0006 | 0.9812 |
| Female | 51 (24.1) | 63 (29.6) | |||
| Age | < 1 | 21 (9.9) | 28 (13.1) | 0.187 | 0.979 |
| 1-3 | 26 (12.4) | 33 (15.6) | |||
| 3-6 | 25 (11.7) | 30 (14.3) | |||
| 6-12 | 23 (10.8) | 26 (12.2) | |||
| Educational status of mothers | Illiterate | 60 (28.3) | 46 (21.6) | 11.92 | 0.00055 |
| Literate | 35 (16.5) | 71 (33.4) | |||
| Educational status of fathers | Illiterate | 29 (13.6) | 30 (14.1) | 0.363 | 0.546 |
| Literate | 65 (30.6) | 81 (41.5) | |||
| Malaria | Positive | 14 (6.6) | 39 (18.4) | 9.67 | 0.0018 |
| Negative | 81 (38.2) | 78 (36.8) | |||
| Diarrhea | Yes | 64 (30.2) | 34 (16.0) | 30.95 | 0.00001 |
| No | 31 (14.6) | 83 (39.2) | |||
| Income in dollars 27 ETB = 1 USD | ≤ 55 | 58 (27.3) | 28 (13.2) | 30.95 | 0.00001 |
| 55-225 | 29 (13.6) | 22 (10.3) | |||
| 225-700 | 9 (4.2) | 30 (14.2) | |||
| > 700 | 3 (1.4) | 33 (15.5) | |||