Trend and factors associated with anemia among women reproductive age in Ethiopia: A multivariate decomposition analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In developing countries like Ethiopia, anemia is a public health problem. Unfortunately, the progress of anemia reduction has been slow. Although the issue of anemia has received considerable critical attention nowadays, trends and factors associated with anemia among women of reproductive age have not been explored in Ethiopia.

Objective

This study aimed to determine trends and factors associated with anemia among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia from 2005 to 2016.

Method

Data from three consecutive Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) from 2005-2016 were analyzed in this study. EDHS is a two-stage cluster sampling survey. Data were weighted to correct sampling bias in all surveys. A total of 46,268 samples were analyzed using a fixed effect

SUBMITTER: Tsegaye Negash B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870172 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature