Table 3. Prevalence of obesity by sociodemographic characteristic in each country, DHS data.
| Benin | India | Nigeria | Egypt | Jordan | Peru | Colombia | ||||||||
| N = 14883 | N = 113063 | N = 28901 | N = 32272 | N = 4527 | N = 14483 | N = 47709 | ||||||||
| N obese | % (SE1) | N obese | % (SE1) | N obese | % (SE1) | N obese | % (SE1) | N obese | % (SE1) | N obese | % (SE1) | N obese | % (SE1) | |
| Income bracket | LI | LI | LI | MI | MI | MI | MI | |||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||||
| None/primary | 567 | 4.9 (0.3) | 1194 | 1.7 (0.1) | 679 | 4.4 (0.2) | 6682 | 44.4 (0.7) | 355 | 47.3 (3.3) | 799 | 17.2 (1.1) | 2910 | 21.9 (0.5) |
| Secondary/higher | 226 | 9.8 (0.8) | 2794 | 4.2 (0.2) | 873 | 7.9 (0.4) | 6444 | 41.7 (0.7) | 1180 | 28.0 (1.2) | 1377 | 13.2 (0.5) | 4226 | 11.6 (0.2) |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||||||||
| Poorest 20% | 30 | 1.1 (0.2) | 31 | 0.2 (0.0) | 104 | 1.8 (0.2) | 1938 | 30.6 (0.8) | 415 | 30.4 (1.9) | 49 | 4.3 (0.7) | 1712 | 14.0 (0.5) |
| Poorer 20% | 41 | 1.4 (0.2) | 73 | 0.5 (0.1) | 134 | 2.3 (0.2) | 2285 | 37.6 (0.9) | 344 | 27.7 (2.1) | 323 | 9.4 (0.7) | 2095 | 16.1 (0.5) |
| Middle 20% | 89 | 3.2 (0.4) | 219 | 0.9 (0.1) | 235 | 4.1 (0.3) | 2654 | 44.5 (0.9) | 362 | 31.4 (2.7) | 626 | 15.5 (0.9) | 1497 | 14.6 (0.4) |
| Richer 20% | 183 | 5.9 (0.4) | 823 | 2.9 (0.1) | 393 | 6.8 (0.4) | 2988 | 49.2 (1.0) | 271 | 34.7 (2.4) | 570 | 18.0 (1.0) | 1101 | 13.9 (0.5) |
| Richest 20% | 450 | 13.7 (0.7) | 2842 | 8.4 (0.3) | 686 | 12.8 (0.6) | 3261 | 51.4 (1.1) | 143 | 28.4 (4.1) | 608 | 15.6 (0.9) | 731 | 11.9 (0.5) |
| Urban/rural residence | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 570 | 9.7 (0.6) | 3083 | 6.1 (0.2) | 831 | 9.5 (0.5) | 6416 | 49.5 (0.8) | 1044 | 29.4 (1.4) | 1691 | 16.2 (0.6) | 5048 | 13.9 (0.2) |
| Rural | 223 | 2.7 (0.2) | 905 | 1.2 (0.1) | 721 | 3.9 (0.2) | 6710 | 38.4 (0.8) | 491 | 36.3 (1.9) | 485 | 9.2 (0.7) | 2088 | 14.9 (0.5) |
| Age group | ||||||||||||||
| 15–24 | 85 | 1.8 (0.2) | 281 | 0.5 (0.0) | 190 | 1.7 (0.1) | 895 | 17.8 (0.7) | 60 | 11.8 (2.2) | 205 | 3.9 (0.4) | 883 | 5.3 (0.2) |
| 25–34 | 265 | 5.5 (0.4) | 1071 | 2.5 (0.1) | 516 | 6.5 (0.4) | 3775 | 34.8 (0.7) | 411 | 21.2 (1.5) | 606 | 13.8 (0.9) | 1985 | 14.7 (0.4) |
| 35–49 | 443 | 10.3 (0.6) | 2636 | 5.7 (0.2) | 846 | 10.6 (0.5) | 8456 | 57.6 (0.7) | 1064 | 41.5 (1.8) | 1365 | 23.9 (1.1) | 4268 | 23.9 (0.4) |
| Children born | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 83 | 2.8 (0.4) | 444 | 1.0 (0.1) | 239 | 2.8 (0.2) | 653 | 29.1 (1.2) | 72 | 17.8 (3.4) | 201 | 4.2 (0.5) | 856 | 5.5 (0.2) |
| 1–3 | 304 | 6.3 (0.4) | 2676 | 4.0 (0.2) | 473 | 6.4 (0.4) | 6610 | 39.4 (0.7) | 385 | 21.6 (1.6) | 1255 | 17.6 (0.8) | 4387 | 17.0 (0.3) |
| 4–6 | 287 | 7.7 (0.6) | 749 | 2.7 (0.2) | 513 | 8.7 (0.5) | 4594 | 52.0 (0.8) | 619 | 33.0 (1.9) | 571 | 23.7 (1.5) | 1597 | 26.7 (0.8) |
| 7+ | 119 | 5.2 (0.5) | 119 | 2.1 (0.3) | 327 | 7.3 (0.5) | 1269 | 50.1 (1.2) | 459 | 52.8 (2.8) | 149 | 22.7 (2.7) | 296 | 26.9 (1.8) |
| Wealth by education level | ||||||||||||||
| None/primary | ||||||||||||||
| Poorer 40% | 69 | 1.3 (0.2) | 90 | 0.4 (0.0) | 213 | 2.1 (0.2) | 3491 | 36.8 (0.8) | 226 | 42.3 (3.9) | 270 | 8.7 (0.7) | 2027 | 20.6 (0.6) |
| Richer 40% | 415 | 9.6 (0.5) | 944 | 5.5 (0.3) | 316 | 10.5 (0.6) | 1651 | 60.4 (1.2) | 48 | 56.6 (9.3) | 243 | 34.9 (3.3) | 365 | 24.0 (1.3) |
| Secondary/higher | ||||||||||||||
| Poorer 40% | 2 | 1.2 (0.9) | 14 | 0.3 (0.1) | 25 | 1.6 (0.4) | 732 | 25.4 (1.0) | 533 | 25.8 (1.3) | 102 | 6.9 (0.9) | 1780 | 10.8 (1.1) |
| Richer 40% | 218 | 11.1 (0.8) | 2721 | 5.8 (0.2) | 763 | 9.7 (0.5) | 4598 | 47.3 (0.9) | 366 | 30.1 (2.4) | 935 | 14.5 (0.7) | 1467 | 12.1 (1.1) |
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SE = standard error of the estimated proportion x 100.