Table 2.
Characteristics of the total sample (n = 355), men (n = 175) and women (n = 180), Saharawi refugee camps, Algeria 2014
| Characteristic | Totala | Mena | Womena | P-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 42 | 17 | 43 | 19 | 40 | 14 | 0.172 |
| Weight (kg) | 66.9 | 14.1 | 64.0 | 13.3 | 67.9 | 14.7 | 0.010 |
| Height (cm) | 162.9 | 9.2 | 169.0 | 7.7 | 157.1 | 6.4 | <0.001 |
| Waist (cm) | 85.7 | 13.6 | 81.5 | 12.7 | 89.9 | 13.3 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.0 | 5.6 | 22.4 | 4.2 | 27.6 | 5.7 | <0.001 |
| < 18.5 | 38 (11) | 34 (19) | 4 (2) | <0.001 | |||
| 18.5–24.9 | 156 (45) | 97 (55) | 59 (34) | <0.001 | |||
| 25.0–29.9 | 89 (25) | 35 (20) | 54 (31) | 0.017 | |||
| > 30.0 | 67 (19) | 9 (5) | 58 (33) | <0.001 | |||
| Education | |||||||
| None | 106 (30) | 48 (27) | 58 (32) | 0.384 | |||
| 1st-6th grade | 82 (23) | 33 (19) | 49 (27) | 0.081 | |||
| 7th–9th grade | 95 (27) | 50 (29) | 45 (25) | 0.522 | |||
| 10th–12th grade | 56 (16) | 34 (19) | 22 (12) | 0.086 | |||
| Higher education | 16 (4) | 10 (6) | 6 (4) | 0.409 | |||
| Married | 204 (58) | 97 (55) | 107 (59) | 0.511 | |||
| Livestockb | 237 (67) | 121 (69) | 116 (64) | 0.347 | |||
| Cultivating vegetablesc | 35 (10) | 22 (13) | 13 (7) | 0.091 | |||
* P values for the comparison of men and women
aData are presented as mean and SD for continuous variables or as number of participants and percentages for categorical variables
bGoats, sheep, chicken & camels
cTomatoes, herbs, carrots, squash and onions