Table 2.
Mean of BMI by the categories of AAFM among women
Mean | SD | 95% CI | Minimum | Maximum | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower bound | Upper bound | |||||
Age at first marriage (years) | 16.57 | 2.83 | 16.50 | 16.63 | 10 | 36 |
Mean of BMI for each category of AAFM | ||||||
Child marriage (AAFM < 18 year) (4991(69.0%) | 22.46 | 3.86 | 22.35 | 22.57 | 15.01 | 39.45 |
Not-child marriage (AAFM ≥ 18 year) (2244, 31.0%) | 23.27 | 4.19 | 23.10 | 23.44 | 15.12 | 38.78 |
T-test value = 6.950 | p-value = 0.001 | |||||
AAFM < 16 (2723, 37.6%) | 22.45 | 3.85 | 22.35 | 22.63 | 15.01 | 38.14 |
16 ≤ AAFM ≤ 18 (2268, 31.4%) | 22.47 | 3.88 | 22.27 | 22.58 | 15.01 | 39.45 |
AAFM > 18(2244, 30.9% | 23.28 | 4.09 | 22.68 | 23.90 | 15.12 | 38.78 |
F-test value = 82.457 | p-value = 0.001 |
N.B: AAFM: Age at first marriage