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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 May 7;38(1):10.1038/ijo.2013.50. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.50

Figure 3. Annual percent change in the odds of overweight (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2) among women aged 25– 49 years by occupational class and region across 33 low and middle income countries participating in Demographic Health Survey (1992 – 2009).

Figure 3

Variables included in the model: age, household wealth, residence, country, educational level, parity, occupational class, age at first birth, months of breastfeeding, interaction term year of survey*occupational class.

North Africa/West & Central Asia countries included (Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Turkey)

South & Southeast Asia countries included (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal)

Sub-Saharan Africa countries included (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)

Latin America & Caribbean countries included (Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru)