Table 4 Local representations of blood and anemia among women and children, across study settings
Characteristics | Town (N=108) | Village (N=114) | Hamlet (N=93) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Children | Women | Children | Women | Children | |
n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |
Representation of blood | ||||||
In the body | 7 (28.0) | 47 (56.6) | 6 (9.8) | 28 (52.8) | 4 (13.8) | 19 (29.7) |
Life | 15 (60.0) | 4 (4.8) | 20 (32.8) | 2 (3.8) | 8 (27.6) | 4 (6.3) |
Health | 1 (4.0) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (6.6) | 2 (3.8) | 4 (13.8) | 6 (9.4) |
Strength | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 22 (36.1) | 1 (2.3) | 9 (31.0) | 11 (18.3) |
Other | 4 (16.0) | 26 (31.3) | 11 (18.0) | 14 (26.4) | 7 (24.1) | 14 (21.9) |
Do not know | 0 | 4 (4.8) | 1 (1.6) | 7 (13.2) | 0 | 16 (25.0) |
Representation of anemia-related illnesses | ||||||
Death | 14 (56.0) | 58 (69.9) | 21 (34.4) | 25 (47.2) | 10 (34.5) | 43 (67.2) |
Illness | 10 (40.0) | 15 (18.1) | 37 (60.7) | 16 (30.2) | 16 (55.2) | 12 (18.8) |
Weakness | 1 (4.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (3.5) | 2 (3.1) |
Other | 0 | 5 (6.7) | 5 (8.2) | 4 (9.1) | 1 (3.5) | 4 (6.7) |
Do not know | 0 | 9 (10.8) | 0 | 9 (17.0) | 1 (3.5) | 4 (6.3) |