Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population: 169 women from Hebron, Palestine

	%	n	χ 2	P
BMI (kg/m2)
≤25·00	30·2	45
25·01–31·06	47·0	70	13·705	0·001
≥31·07	22·8	34
Age (years)
≤30	25·5	38
31–50	63·8	95	66·940	0·001
≥51	10·7	16
Schooling
None	6·7		51·96	0·001
Primary	53·7
Secondary	39·6
Place of work
In home	57·0		3·35	0·067
In home and out of home	43·0
	Minimum	Maximum	Median/mode	Range
Family size	3	14	6/8	11
No. of children	1	12	4/6	11
No. of meals/d	2	5	3/3	3