Table 4.

Multivariate decomposition analysis of factors explaining the urban-rural disparities in overweight/obesity

Variable	Differences due to Characteristics (E)		Differences due to Coefficient (C)
	Coefficient	Percent	Coefficient	Percent
%Total explained the disparity	0.11237***	87.27	0.01639	12.73
Age (years)
20–24	-0.00074 ***	-0.57	0.00042	0.32
25–29	-0.00023**	-0.18	-0.00856	-6.65
30–34	-0.00016	-0.12	0.00674	5.23
35–39	0.00000	0.00	-0.00234	-1.82
40–44	0.00031	0.24	0.00019	0.15
45–49	-0.00099***	-0.77	0.00274	2.12
Educational level
No formal education	0.00061	0.48	0.00297	2.31
Primary	0.00069	0.53	-0.0018	-1.4
Secondary	0.00019	0.15	0.00318	2.47
Tertiary	0.00165	1.28	-0.00063	-0.49
Occupation
No occupation	-0.00097	-0.75	-0.00162	-1.26
Professional/technical/managerial	-0.00153	-1.19	-0.01080	-8.39
Agriculture	0.00116	0.90	0.01909	14.82
Manual/other	0.00313	2.43	-0.00567	-4.40
Currently working
No	-0.00032	-0.25	0.00025	0.19
Yes	-0.00032	-0.25	-0.00490	-3.81
Marital status
Never in union	-0.00187	-1.46	0.00902	7.00
Currently in union	-0.00583**	-4.53	0.01619	12.58
Cohabiting	-0.00013	-0.10	0.00043	0.34
Previously in union	0.00016	0.12	-0.00362	-2.81
Region
Coastal	0.00188	1.46	0.00627	4.87
Forest	0.00010	0.07	-0.00792	-6.15
Savannah	-0.00010	-0.07	-0.00660	-5.13
Number of household members
< 5	0.00193*	1.50	0.00761	5.91
≥5	0.00193*	1.50	-0.00787	-6.11
Wealth index
Poorest	0.06075***	47.18	-0.02138	-16.6
Poorer	0.00575	4.46	-0.00120	-0.93
Middle	-0.00090	-0.70	-0.00102	-0.79
Richer	0.01564 ***	12.15	0.00273	2.12
Richest	0.02859***	22.21	0.00192	1.49
Currently smokes tobacco
No	0.00025	0.19	-0.04589	-35.64
Yes	0.00025	0.19	0.00332	2.58
Alcohol use
No	-0.00077*	-0.60	-0.00954	-7.41
Yes	-0.00077*	-0.60	0.00523	4.07
Media exposure
No	0.00152	1.18	0.00233	1.81
Yes	0.00152	1.18	-0.00516	-4.00

p < 0.05*, p < 0.01**, p < 0.001***