Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the sample

Variable	Subjects	%a	Underweight	%b	Overweight	%c	Mean BMI	S.D.
Location
Village	52415	68.4	19560	37.3	3457	6.6	19.8	3.2
Town	10737	14.0	2557	23.8	2157	20.1	21.7	4.2
Small city	4964	6.5	1080	21.8	1209	24.4	22.2	4.6
Large city	8565	11.2	1393	16.3	2584	30.2	23.0	4.7
Age
15–19	4919	6.4	1938	39.4	80	1.6	19.3	2.3
20–24	12200	15.9	4755	39.0	442	3.6	19.5	2.7
25–29	15230	19.9	5363	35.2	1229	8.1	20.1	3.3
30–34	14037	18.3	4296	30.6	1876	13.4	20.8	3.9
35–39	12441	16.2	3414	27.4	2141	17.2	21.3	4.2
40–44	10035	13.1	2766	27.6	1978	19.7	21.5	4.4
45–49	7819	10.2	2058	26.3	1661	21.2	21.7	4.5
Religion
Hindu	59840	78.0	20393	34.1	6731	11.2	20.4	3.7
Muslim	8750	11.4	2663	30.4	1230	14.1	20.8	4.0
Christian	4280	5.6	860	20.1	576	13.5	21.3	3.6
Sikh	1875	2.5	316	16.9	578	30.8	23.0	4.8
Other/missing religion	1936	2.5	358	18.5	292	15.1	21.5	3.7
Caste
General	31866	41.6	8476	26.6	5765	18.1	21.4	4.2
Scheduled caste	22572	29.4	7744	34.3	2265	7.2	20.3	3.6
Scheduled tribe	9220	12.0	3158	34.3	444	4.8	19.8	2.9
Other backward class	13023	17.0	5212	40.0	933	10.0	19.8	3.3
Marital status
Married	71770	93.6	22890	31.9	8853	12.3	20.6	3.8
Widowed	3294	4.3	1119	34.0	407	12.4	20.5	3.9
Divorced/separated	1617	2.1	581	35.9	147	9.1	20.2	3.5
Education
No formal schooling	38149	49.8	15117	39.6	2231	5.8	19.7	3.1
1–5 years	12910	16.8	4154	32.2	1515	11.7	20.6	3.8
6–8 years	9621	12.6	2522	26.2	1545	16.1	21.3	4.0
9–10 years	8951	11.7	1847	20.6	1938	21.7	22.0	4.3
11–12 years	3269	4.3	539	16.5	827	25.3	22.6	4.4
13 or more years	3781	4.9	411	10.9	1351	35.7	23.7	4.5
Employment
Not working	47753	62.3	13890	29.1	7021	14.7	21.0	4.0
Unpaid	7817	10.2	2933	37.5	429	5.5	19.8	3.0
Paid non-manual	3773	4.9	616	16.3	977	25.9	22.6	4.3
Paid agricultural	10502	13.7	4714	44.9	288	2.7	19.1	2.7
Paid manual	6836	8.9	2437	35.7	692	10.1	20.3	3.6
Living standard
1st (lowest) quintile	14113	18.4	6734	47.7	226	1.6	18.9	2.4
2nd quintile	15080	19.7	6414	42.5	421	2.8	19.3	2.7
3rd quintile	15685	20.5	5539	35.3	1016	6.5	19.9	3.1
4th quintile	16024	20.9	3978	24.8	2355	14.7	21.2	3.8
5th (highest) quintile	15779	20.6	1925	12.2	5389	34.2	23.6	4.6
Oral contraceptive use
No	74730	97.5	24074	32.2	9198	12.3	20.6	3.8
Yes	1951	2.5	516	26.5	209	10.7	20.8	3.4
Children
0	6554	8.6	2131	32.5	424	6.5	20.1	3.1
1	10516	13.7	3347	31.8	1079	10.3	20.4	3.5
2	16821	21.9	4918	29.2	2732	16.2	21.1	4.1
3	15614	20.4	4877	31.2	2243	14.4	20.9	4.1
4+	27176	35.4	9317	34.3	2929	10.8	20.4	3.8
Illness
No	72313	94.3	22788	31.5	9153	12.7	20.7	3.8
Yes	4368	5.7	1802	41.3	254	5.8	19.6	3.3
Tobacco chewing
No	67481	88.0	20998	31.1	8784	13.0	20.7	3.9
Yes	9200	12.0	3592	39.0	623	6.8	19.7	3.3
Tobacco smoking
No	74615	97.3	23759	31.8	9312	12.5	20.6	3.8
Yes	2066	2.7	831	40.2	95	4.6	19.5	3.0
Alcohol use
No	74487	97.1	23911	32.1	9307	12.5	20.6	3.8
Yes	2194	2.9	679	31.0	100	4.6	20.1	2.9
Total	76681	100.0	24590	32.1	9407	12.3	20.6	3.8

^aIndicates the percentage of women in the sample who have that characteristic.

^bIndicates the percentage of women with that characteristic who are underweight.

^cIndicates the percentage of women with that characteristic who are overweight.