Table 2.
Distribution of overweight/obesity by participant characteristics
| Explanatory Variables |
Total (N) | Overweight/Obesity | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (N) | Percentage (%) | |||
| Overall | 4,797 | 996 | 20.76 | |
| Age (years) | < 0.001 | |||
| 20–24 | 1,028 | 76 | 7.38 | |
| 25–29 | 879 | 139 | 15.86 | |
| 30–34 | 852 | 185 | 21.76 | |
| 35–39 | 798 | 222 | 27.82 | |
| 40–44 | 698 | 189 | 27.07 | |
| 45–49 | 541 | 184 | 34.00 | |
| Residence | < 0.001 | |||
| Urban | 2,709 | 744 | 27.48 | |
| Rural | 2,088 | 251 | 12.03 | |
| Educational level | < 0.001 | |||
| No formal education | 562 | 70 | 12.40 | |
| Primary | 504 | 67 | 13.35 | |
| Secondary | 2,824 | 578 | 20.47 | |
| Tertiary | 907 | 281 | 30.93 | |
| Occupation | < 0.001 | |||
| No occupation | 258 | 24 | 9.49 | |
| Professional/technical/managerial | 2,258 | 492 | 21.79 | |
| Agriculture | 461 | 29 | 6.20 | |
| Manual/other | 1,820 | 451 | 24.76 | |
| Currently working | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 359 | 36 | 9.97 | |
| Yes | 4,438 | 960 | 21.63 | |
| Marital status | < 0.001 | |||
| Never in union | 1,787 | 233 | 13.03 | |
| Currently in union | 2,334 | 633 | 27.13 | |
| Cohabiting | 441 | 80 | 18.19 | |
| Previously in union | 235 | 49 | 21.08 | |
| Region | < 0.001 | |||
| Coastal | 1,888 | 523 | 27.67 | |
| Forest | 2,018 | 362 | 17.94 | |
| Savannah | 891 | 111 | 12.50 | |
| Number of household members | 0.004 | |||
| < 5 | 2,845 | 650 | 22.85 | |
| ≥5 | 1,952 | 346 | 17.71 | |
| Wealth index | < 0.001 | |||
| Poorest | 792 | 44 | 5.56 | |
| Poorer | 770 | 86 | 11.14 | |
| Middle | 846 | 102 | 12.06 | |
| Richer | 1,187 | 307 | 25.85 | |
| Richest | 1,203 | 457 | 38.00 | |
| Currently smokes tobacco | 0.166 | |||
| No | 4,540 | 957 | 21.08 | |
| Yes | 257 | 39 | 15.05 | |
| Alcohol use (in the past month) | 0.001 | |||
| No | 3,095 | 572 | 18.5 | |
| Yes | 1,702 | 423 | 24.87 | |
| Media exposure | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 997 | 145 | 14.52 | |
| Yes | 3,800 | 851 | 22.39 | |