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. 2019 Jan 1;10(1):1–10. doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2019.1425
Table 1: Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of respondents (n=440)
Characteristics n (%) Overweight/Obesity Crude OR (95% CI)
Age group (yrs)
21–30 108 (24.5) 18 (16.7) 1
31–40 260 (59.1) 57 (21.9) 1.40 (0.78 to 2.52)
41–50 72 (16.4) 13 (18.1) 1.10 (0.50 to 2.41)
Mother's education
Uneducated 63 (14.3) 9 (14.3) 1
Educated 377 (85.7) 79 (21.0) 1.59 (0.75 to 3.36)
Mother's occupation
Employed 223 (50.7) 34 (15.2) 1
Unemployed 217 (49.3) 54 (24.9) 1.84 (1.14 to 2.96)
Mother parity
≤2 children 350 (79.5) 77 (22.0) 2.02 (1.02 to 3.99)
>2 children 90 (20.5) 11 (12.2) 1
Caste/Ethnicity*
Advantaged 285 (64.8) 25 (16.1) 1
Disadvantaged 155 (35.2) 63 (22.1) 1.47 (0.88 to 2.46)
Type of family
Nuclear 266 (39.6) 41 (15.4) 2.06 (1.27 to .270)
Joint/Extended 174 (60.5) 47 (27.0) 1
Wealth status
High-income 241 (54.8) 60 (24.9) 2.02 (1.23 to 3.32)
Low-income 199 (45.2) 28 (14.1) 1
*Ethnicities of children were categorized into an advantaged (including advantaged Janajatis and the upper caste) and relatively disadvantaged groups (including Dalits, disadvantaged Janajatis, disadvantaged non-Dalit Terai people and religious minorities).