TABLE 3.
Summary Statistics from DHSs from Other Southern African Countries
| Les 04 | Les 09
|
Swazi 06
|
Moz 97 | Moz 03 | Mal 00 | Mal 10 | Nam 92 | Nam 06 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | |
| bmi | 25.9 | 26.0 | 21.8 | 27.5 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 24.0 |
| obese | 0.201 | 0.210 | 0.033 | 0.294 | 0.054 | 0.018 | 0.042 | 0.025 | 0.046 | 0.074 | 0.146 |
| overweight | 0.284 | 0.274 | 0.109 | 0.303 | 0.192 | 0.084 | 0.106 | 0.112 | 0.151 | 0.149 | 0.196 |
| age | 32.3 | 31.9 | 33.7 | 31.8 | 30.6 | 28.8 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 30.1 | 31.9 |
| educ | 7.4 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 8.3 |
| asset index | 0.281 | 0.373 | 0.207 | −0.036 | 0.027 | −0.096 | −0.050 | 0.031 | 0.241 | 0.044 | 0.146 |
| employed | 0.525 | 0.547 | 0.794 | 0.552 | 0.727 | 0.687 | 0.807 | 0.659 | 0.767 | 0.343 | 0.610 |
| smoker | 0.209 | 0.133 | 0.407 | 0.027 | 0.232 | 0.095 | 0.033 | 0.015 | 0.097 | ||
| n | 2401 | 2789 | 2395 | 3232 | 2743 | 2813 | 8323 | 8922 | 5184 | 2303 | 6819 |
Notes: Statistics calculated for estimation samples (weighted to population).
Les, Lesotho; Moz, Mozambique; Mal, Malawi; Nam, Namibia.