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. 2017 Jun 21;20(12):2183–2191. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017000957

Table 1.

Nutritional status of men and women aged 19 years or above by background characteristics, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011

Males Females
n % Normal BMI (%) Underweight (%) Overweight (%) n % Normal BMI (%) Underweight (%) Overweight (%)
Prevalence 5102 63·3 28·3 8·4 16 161 58·7 24·4 16·9
Age category
19–34 years 1368 26·8 67·1 26·3 6·6 8506 53·0 61·2 23·5 15·3
35–49 years 1817 35·7 66·1 22·5 11·4 5989 37·3 57·6 22·4 20·0
≥50 years 1905 37·5 57·9 35·2 6·9 1556 9·7 49·6 36·5 13·9
Residence
Rural 3827 75·2 63·0 31·4 5·6 12 015 74·9 59·4 28·1 12·5
Urban 1263 24·8 64·1 18·7 17·1 4036 25·1 56·7 13·4 29·9
Wealth tertile
Poor 2028 39·8 60·2 38·2 1·6 6186 38·5 58·4 35·4 6·2
Middle 992 19·5 64·3 30·5 5·2 3192 20·0 62·6 25·7 11·7
Rich 2070 40·7 65·9 17·5 16·6 6673 41·5 57·2 13·5 29·3
Highest education level
No education 1697 33·3 58·1 39·4 2·5 5660 35·3 57·6 31·9 10·5
Primary 1524 30·0 65·4 28·2 6·4 4717 29·4 59·9 25·0 15·1
Secondary or higher 1869 36·7 66·3 18·3 15·4 5674 35·3 58·9 16·4 24·7
Current marital status
Not married 121 2·3 49·7 44·9 5·4 1738 10·8 50·1 36·1 13·8
Currently married 4969 97·6 63·6 27·9 8·5 14 314 89·2 59·8 22·9 17·3
Current working status
Currently working 4553 89·4 64·5 26·9 8·6 2287 14·3 59·3 23·6 17·1
Not working 537 10·6 53·1 39·9 7·0 13 765 85·7 58·6 24·5 16·9