Factors Affecting Children Anemia Level

In this study, cross-sectional data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) were collected to answer research questions about the effect of mothers' age and other socioeconomic factors on children aged 0-59 months anemia level in Nigeria. DHS are cross-sectional, nationally representative household surveys that are typically conducted every 5 years.
This survey data considered the 36 states of Nigeria, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The targeted population in this study are children aged 0-59 months and mothers aged 15-49 years.
In this survey, household income was measured using the wealth index, current age in 5-year groups is produced by grouping current age in completed years, type of place of residence where the respondent was interviewed as either urban or rural, the categorization was created based on whether the cluster or sample point number is defined as urban or rural, highest level of education attained is a standardized variable that provides level of education in the following categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher education, total number of births in the last five years is defined as all births in the months 0 to 59 preceding the month of interview,where month 0 is the month of interview, the respondent's age at first birth is calculated using the CMC of the respondent's date of birth.

After data cleaning, Chi square was used to test the hypotheses about the relationship that likely exist between certain socioeconomic factors and anemia levels in children aged 0-59 months. The anemia level was the predictor variable, and the explanatory variables are mothers' age, education level, wealth index, birth in the previous five years, use of mosquito net, and so on.
Using ordinal logistic regression, the relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables is investigated.