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). |