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Data for this cross-sectional study were extracted from the 2015\u201316 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2015\u201316 TDHS-MIS). The study covered 8014 children aged 6\u201359 months and their mothers. Iron deficiency anaemia was defined (haemoglobin &lt; 11g\/dL). Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses that adjust for clustering and sampling weights were conducted to describe the associations between anaemia and potential confounding variables. The prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 6\u201323 months, 24\u201359 months and 6\u201359 months were 76%, 49% and 59%, respectively. Factors associated with increased odds of iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 6\u201323 months included a mother being employed, being a male child, child perceived to small size at birth by mothers, a mother being anaemic and children belonging to the poorest socio-economic quintile. In addition, being a mother with no schooling, children not being dewormed, a mother being anaemic, delivering a baby at home, child fever and stunting, were factors associated with increased odds of iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 24\u201359 months. Factors associated with increased odds of iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 6\u201359 months were: a mother being employed, being a mother with no schooling, being a male child, belonging to the 6\u201359 months age bracket, a mother having a BMI of between 19 and 25 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, a mother being anaemic, having a baby at home, children belonging to bigger households, child fever and stunting. Interventions to minimise the burden of iron deficiency anaemia in children should target employed and\/or anaemic mothers, poor and rich households, as well as male children.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pgph.0001258","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,10]],"date-time":"2022-11-10T18:35:51Z","timestamp":1668105351000},"page":"e0001258","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pgph.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Predictors of iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 6\u201359 months in Tanzania: Evidence from the 2015\u201316 TDHS-MIS cross-sectional household survey"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"2","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4628-3600","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Rose 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