Table 1. Age standardised distribution of women for selected characteristics 1988–2012.
| URBAN | RURAL | |||||||
| 1988 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | 1988 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
| Complete cases, N | 8 887 | 8 205 | 9 906 | 9 588 | 1 315 | 4 308 | 4 068 | 4 943 |
| Age, mean | 32.4 (0.1) | 33.8 (0.1) | 34.0 (0.1) | 33.8 (0.1) | 32.2 (0.3) | 33.8 (0.1) | 33.7 (0.2) | 33.4 (0.2) |
| Age group, % | ||||||||
| 20–24.9 | 22.8 (0.6) | 17.6 (0.5) | 17.3 (0.6) | 18.3 (0.7) | 22.6 (1.5) | 18.5 (0.6) | 17.4 (0.9) | 18.5 (0.9) |
| 25–29.9 | 19.2 (0.5) | 16.5 (0.5) | 16.5 (0.6) | 16.2 (0.6 | 20.1 (1.2) | 15.9 (0.6) | 17.1 (0.7) | 19.0 (0.9) |
| 30–34.9 | 17.6 (0.6) | 17.8 (0.5) | 17.7 (0.6) | 19.5 (0.6) | 17.3 (1.2) | 17.2 (0.7) | 19.0 (0.8) | 18.6 (0.7) |
| 35–39.9 | 16.5 (0.5) | 19.5 (0.6) | 18.3 (0.6) | 16.9 (0.6) | 17.1 (0.8) | 19.3 (0.7) | 17.6 (0.8) | 16.3 (0.7) |
| 40–44.9 | 13.0 (0.5) | 16.8 (0.6) | 16.5 (0.6) | 15.0 (0.5) | 12.3 (1.4) | 16.9 (0.7) | 17.2 (0.9) | 14.4 (0.6) |
| 45–49.9 | 10.8 (0.4) | 11.8 (0.5) | 13.6 (0.6) | 14.1 (0.6) | 10.6 (1.0) | 12.3 (0.6) | 11.7 (0.8) | 13.3 (0.6) |
| Level of education, % | ||||||||
| Higher education | 10.2 (0.6) | 14.6 (0.6) | 16.2 (0.8) | 22.6 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.6) | 1.8 (0.3) | 2.4 (0.4) | 6.5 (0.7) |
| High school | 17.4 (0.7) | 20.5 (0.6) | 20.8 (0.7) | 22.7 (0.7) | 8.4 (1.6) | 5.8 (0.6) | 5.6 (0.7) | 13.0 (0.8) |
| Secondary | 17.0 (0.6) | 24.3 (0.6) | 28.8 (0.8) | 31.2 (0.8) | 9.4 (1.4) | 13.7 (0.8) | 24.6 (1.2) | 33.9 (1.3) |
| Primary or less | 55.4 (1.3) | 40.6 (0.8) | 34.4 (0.9) | 23.4 (0.8) | 79.9 (3.2) | 78.8 (1.2) | 67.5 (1.3) | 46.6 (1.4) |
| Weight (kg), mean | 56.3 (0.2) | 64.4 (0.2) | 66.5 (0.2) | 68.1 (0.3) | 54.6 (0.7) | 59.7 (0.4) | 63.5 (0.4) | 64.8 (0.3) |
| Height (cm), mean | 153.5 (0.2) | 153.6 (0.1) | 154.2 (0.1) | 154.9 (0.1) | 152.0 (0.4) | 150.5 (0.2) | 151.9 (0.2) | 152.4 (0.2) |
| BMI, mean | 23.9 (0.1) | 27.3 (0.1) | 28.0 (0.1) | 28.4 (0.1) | 23.6 (0.2) | 26.3 (0.1) | 27.5 (0.1) | 27.8 (0.1) |
| Obese, % | 9.5 (0.39) | 26.3 (0.6) | 30.9 (0.68) | 34.5 (0.76) | 8.1 (1.22) | 21.3 (0.83) | 27.9 (1.12) | 30.7(0.99) |
Standard errors in parenthesis.