Table 3.

Percentage of respondents classified as overweight/obese by education level (1998–2016)

	Women				Men
	1998–1999	2005–2006	2015–2016	% change	2005–2006	2015–2016	% change
	%	%	%	1998–2016	%	%	2005–2016
Rural
Education*
No education	3.38	5.26	13.91	311.54	3.05	10.79	253.77
Primary	7.93	10.01	18.45	132.66	4.22	14.06	233.18
Secondary	10.8	14.19	21.82	102.04	6.57	14.56	121.61
Higher	15.85	22.79	26.73	68.64	15.32	22.32	45.69
Ratio†	4.69	4.33	1.92		5.02	2.07
Urban
Education*
No education	13.53	18.49	32.17	137.77	7.73	18.28	136.48
Primary	19.45	24.45	37.21	91.31	10.9	23.86	118.90
Secondary	27.18	33.04	40.15	47.72	15.24	26.33	72.77
Higher	35.35	41.79	41.56	17.57	28.39	34.87	22.82
Ratio†	2.61	2.26	1.29		3.67	1.91

*χ² test p value of each Strata’s association with overweight/obesity: p<0.001.

†Ratio of the percentage among individuals with higher education and no education.