Table 3.
Multinomial logistic regression showing relative risk of overweight and obesity among women in urban India, 2005-2006
| Covariate | Overweight | Obesity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRR | (95% CI) | RRR | (95% CI) | |
| Economic background | ||||
| Poor® | ||||
| Non-poor | 2.18*** | 2.016-2.366 | 2.84*** | 2.449-3.302 |
| Age (completed years) | ||||
| 15-24® | ||||
| 25-34 | 2.59*** | 2.368-2.847 | 3.94*** | 3.260-4.755 |
| 35+ | 5.28*** | 4.787-5.816 | 12.31*** | 10.163-14.904 |
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu® | ||||
| Muslim | 1.18*** | 1.086-1.275 | 1.37*** | 1.214-1.552 |
| Christian | 0.86 | 0.774-0.963 | 0.86 | 0.713-1.041 |
| Others | 1.295** | 1.148-1.462 | 1.71*** | 1.437-1.024 |
| Caste | ||||
| SC1 & ST2® | ||||
| OBC3 | 1.08** | 0.997-1.170 | 1.31*** | 1.135-1.502 |
| Others | 1.33*** | 1.237-1.438 | 1.73*** | 1.510-1.969 |
| Education | ||||
| No education® | ||||
| Primary | 1.18*** | 1.069-1.301 | 1.19** | 1.004-1.400 |
| Secondary | 1.53*** | 1.409-1.658 | 2.03*** | 1.777-2.319 |
| Higher | 1.97*** | 1.783-2.173 | 2.39*** | 2.030-2.801 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never-married® | ||||
| Married | 1.86*** | 1.636-2.112 | 2.14*** | 1.680-2.729 |
| Parity | ||||
| 0® | ||||
| 1-2 | 1.02 | 0.918-1.143 | 0.95** | 0.793-1.146 |
| 3+ | 0.97 | 0.866-1.096 | 0.99** | 0.815-1.201 |
| Work status | ||||
| Not working® | ||||
| Working | 0.83*** | 0.784-0.882 | 0.65*** | 0.591-0.719 |
| Media exposure | ||||
| No exposure® | ||||
| Have exposure | 1.65*** | 1.417-1.918 | 1.45*** | 1.124-1.880 |
| Region | ||||
| North® | ||||
| Northeast | 0.77*** | 0.693-0.846 | 0.41*** | 0.339-0.491 |
| East | 0.86** | 0.776-0.946 | 0.61*** | 0.518-0.720 |
| West | 0.85*** | 0.780-0.918 | 0.82 | 0.724-0.926 |
| Central | 0.82** | 0.749-0.901 | 0.66*** | 0.571-0.769 |
| South | 1.41*** | 1.299-1.534 | 1.48*** | 1.301-1.672 |
® Reference group;
**p<0.05;
***p<0.01;
1 Scheduled castes;
2 Scheduled tribes;
3 Other backward classes; Pseudo R2=0.1291