Table 1. Percentage of underweight and type of thinness among adults aged 20–49 years by sex, 2007 Botswana Family Health Survey IV.
| Socio-demographic characteristic | Men (n = 4095) | Women (n = 4904) | |||||||
| Type of thinness | Normal & over-weight | Type of thinness | Normal & over-weight | ||||||
| Severe Thinness | Moderate Thinness | Mild Thinness | Severe Thinness | Moderate Thinness | Mild Thinness | ||||
| Age | 20–24 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 18.1 | 76.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 11.8 | 82.4 |
| 25–29 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 13.7 | 80.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 86.9 | |
| 30–34 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 12.8 | 81.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 90.9 | |
| 35–39 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 83.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 92.5 | |
| 40–44 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 83.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 93.2 | |
| 45–49 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 84.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 93.3 | |
| ?2 = 34,4** | ?2 = 101.1*** | ||||||||
| Place of Residence | City/town | 1.4 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 85.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 90.4 |
| Urban village | 1.9 | 3.9 | 13.0 | 81.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 88.2 | |
| Rural | 1.9 | 5.1 | 17.4 | 75.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 87.1 | |
| ?2 = 44.2*** | ?2 = 15.7* | ||||||||
| Marital Status | Currentlymarried/in union | 1.0 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 86.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 90.4 |
| Formerlymarried/in union | 0.0 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 90.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 95.3 | |
| Never married/in union | 2.3 | 4.9 | 17.1 | 75.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 8.3 | 85.9 | |
| ?2 = 72.3*** | ?2 = 38.4** | ||||||||
| Educational Level | No education | 1,6 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 75.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 10.3 | 82.1 |
| Primary | 2.2 | 4.4 | 17.7 | 75.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 90.9 | |
| Secondary | 1,8 | 3.5 | 14.8 | 80.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 88.1 | |
| Higher | 1.1 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 88.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 89.1 | |
| ?2 = 75.7*** | ?2 = 29.4** | ||||||||
| Parity | 0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 16.2 | 76.4 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 11.6 | 81.4 |
| 1 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 12.6 | 82.5 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 88.2 | |
| 2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 85.7 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 90.6 | |
| 3 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 9.1 | 85.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 91.3 | |
| 4 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 83.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 91.4 | |
| ?2 = 47.7*** | ?2 = 71.8*** | ||||||||
| Wealth Quintile | 1. Poorest 20% | 2.7 | 6.6 | 21.6 | 69.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 11.7 | 81.7 |
| 2. | 2.4 | 3.3 | 17.1 | 77.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 87.7 | |
| 3. | 1.8 | 5.5 | 14.6 | 78.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 88.6 | |
| 4. | 1.4 | 3.4 | 11.6 | 83.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 7.5 | 88.8 | |
| 5.Richest 20% | 0.8 | 1.7 | 7.2 | 90.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 92.9 | |
| ?2 = 141.4** | ?2 = 78.4*** | ||||||||
| Do you listen radio at least once a week? | Yes | 1,6 | 4.4 | 13.0 | 81.0 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 88.9 |
| No | 1.8 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 78.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 87.1 | |
| ?2 = 11.9 ** | ?2 = 8.3** | ||||||||
| Do you watch TV atleast once a week? | Yes | 1.6 | 3.7 | 12.6 | 82.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 90.1 |
| No | 1.9 | 5.0 | 16.5 | 76.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 85.4 | |
| ?2 = 17.2** | ?2 = 25.2*** | ||||||||
| N | 70 | 167 | 562 | 3296 | 60 | 88 | 236 | 3411 | |
| Total (%) | 1.7 | 4.1 | 13.7 | 80.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 89.9 | |
Significance levels: ***p<0.001; **p<0.05; *p<0.10.