Table 1.

Frequency and percentage distribution of overweight or obesity of Bangladeshi women and other selected variables

	Urban			Rural
Variables with categories	n	%	95 % CI	n	%	95%CI
Overweight or obesity status of women
BMI < 25 (Not overweight or obese)	4083	24 · 75	24 · 09–25 · 41	9376	56 · 85	56 · 08–57 · 60
BMI ≥ 25 & BMI < 30 (Overweight)	360	2 · 18	1 · 96–2 · 41	188	1 · 14	0 · 98–1 · 31
BMI ≥ 30 (Obese)	1318	7 · 99	7 · 57–8 · 41	1168	7 · 08	6 · 68–7 · 48
Age (years) of women
18–22	1020	6 · 18	5 · 81–6 · 56	2069	12 · 55	12 · 03–13 · 06
23–27	1194	7 · 24	6 · 84–7 · 64	2251	13 · 65	13 · 11–14 · 18
28–32	1042	6 · 32	5 · 94–6 · 70	1861	11 · 28	10 · 79–11 · 78
33–37	804	4 · 88	4 · 55–5 · 21	1530	9 · 28	8 · 83–9 · 73
38–42	814	4 · 94	4 · 60–5 · 27	1451	8 · 80	8 · 36–9 · 24
43+	887	5 · 38	5 · 03–5 · 73	1570	9 · 52	9 · 06–9 · 98
Current marital status
Married and living with husband	5365	32 · 53	31 · 80–33 · 24	10060	60 · 99	60 · 24–61 · 74
Widowed/divorced/separated	396	2 · 40	2 · 16–2 · 64	672	4 · 07	3 · 77–4 · 38
Division
Barisal	611	3 · 71	3 · 41–3 · 99	1252	7 · 59	7 · 18–8 · 00
Chittagong	982	5 · 95	5 · 59–6 · 32	1694	10 · 27	9 · 80–10.74
Dhaka	1235	7 · 49	7 · 08–7 · 90	1592	9 · 65	9 · 19–10 · 11
Khulna	857	5 · 20	4 · 85–5 · 42	1613	9 · 78	9 · 32–10 · 24
Rajshahi	800	4 · 85	4 · 52–5 · 19	1584	9 · 60	9 · 15–10 · 06
Rangpur	656	3 · 98	3 · 67–4 · 28	1645	9 · 97	9 · 51–10 · 44
Sylhet	620	3 · 76	3 · 46–4 · 06	1352	8 · 20	7 · 77–8 · 63
No · of household members
1–2	276	1 · 67	1 · 47–1 · 87	450	2 · 73	2 · 48–2 · 98
3–4	2143	12 · 99	12 · 47–13 · 52	3648	22 · 12	21 · 49–22 · 75
5+	3342	20 · 26	19 · 64–20 · 89	6634	40 · 22	39 · 46–40 · 97
Wealth index of households
Poorest	411	2 · 49	2 · 25–2 · 74	2456	14 · 89	14 · 34–15 · 43
Poorer	405	2 · 46	2 · 22–2 · 70	2629	15 · 94	15 · 37–16 · 51
Middle	600	3 · 64	3 · 35–3 · 93	2527	15 · 32	14 · 76–15 · 88
Richer	1450	8 · 79	8 · 35–9 · 23	2058	12 · 48	11 · 96–12 · 99
Richest	2895	17 · 55	16 · 96–18 · 13	1062	6 · 44	6 · 06–6 · 82
Food-security status of households
Food insecure	1500	9.09	8.66– 9.53	4207	25.51	24.84–26.17
Food secure	4261	25.84	25.17–26.50	6525	39.56	38.82–40.31
Patterns of contraceptive use
Never users	851	5 · 16	4 · 82–5 · 50	1991	12 · 07	11 · 56–12 · 58
Current users	3473	21 · 06	20 · 44–21 · 69	6159	37 · 34	36 · 59–38 · 08
Past users	1437	8 · 71	8 · 27–9 · 15	2582	15 · 66	15 · 09–16 · 22
Menopausal status of women
Not in menopause	4142	25 · 11	24 · 44–25 · 78	7307	44 · 30	43 · 55–45 · 06
In menopause	1619	9 · 82	9 · 35–10 · 28	3425	20 · 77	20 · 14–21 · 40
Number of living children
0	532	3 · 23	2 · 95–3 · 50	789	4 · 78	4 · 45–5 · 12
1–2	3218	19 · 51	18 · 91–20 · 13	5199	31 · 52	30 · 80–32 · 23
3–4	1634	9 · 91	9 · 44–10 · 37	3542	21 · 48	2084–22 · 10
5+	377	2 · 29	2 · 05–2 · 52	1202	7 · 29	6 · 88–7 · 69
Educational status of women
No education	1146	6 · 95	6 · 55–7 · 34	3311	20 · 08	19 · 45–20 · 70
Primary	1503	9 · 11	8 · 67–9 · 56	3436	20 · 83	20 · 20–21 · 45
Secondary	2241	13 · 59	13 · 05–14 · 12	3506	21 · 26	20 · 62–21 · 88
Higher	871	5 · 28	4 · 93–5 · 63	479	2 · 90	2 · 64–3 · 17
Age (years) of women at first birth
<=13	190	1 · 15	0 · 99–1 · 32	365	2 · 21	1 · 98–2 · 44
13–17	2264	13 · 73	13 · 19–14 · 26	5021	30 · 44	29 · 73–31 · 16
18–22	2648	16 · 06	15 · 50–16 · 63	4650	28 · 19	27 · 51–28 · 89
> = 23	659	3 · 99	3 · 69–4 · 30	696	4 · 22	3 · 91–4 · 53
Watching TV at least once a week
No	1507	9.14	8.70– 9.58	6783	41.13	40.38–41.88
Yes	4254	25.79	25.13–26.46	3949	23.94	23.29–24.59
Occupation of women
Jobs that required manual labor	846	5 · 13	4 · 79–5 · 47	889	5 · 39	5 · 04–5 · 74
Jobs that required mostly sitting	335	2 · 03	1 · 81–2 · 25	438	2 · 66	2 · 41–2 · 91
Unemployed/housewives	4580	27 · 77	27 · 09–28 · 45	9405	57 · 02	56 · 27–57 · 78