Table 3.

Prevalence of overweight/obesity by socioeconomic and behavioural characteristics of the study population

Variable	N	%	P value
Sex
Male	364	25.5	≤0.001*
Female	813	48.6
Age (years)			≤0.001*
≤24	270	21.8
25–34	302	36.8
35–44	196	53.0
45–54	130	54.5
55–64	75	61.8
65+	50	43.8
Marital status			≤0.001*
Never married	864	35.5
Currently married	199	62.2
Formerly married	108	54.1
Education			0.019*
Primary or less	410	45.4
Secondary	514	36.7
Tertiary or higher	230	44.6
Residence			0.008*
Cities and towns	355	37.9
Urban villages	534	41.0
Rural villages	288	46.8
Work status			≤0.001*
Public sector	122	52.2
Private sector	182	36.8
Self-employed	130	55.0
Not employed	436	45.8
Home-maker/student	218	29.4
Retired/other	74	40.3
Wealth status			0.765
Lowest	234	38.8
Second	237	43.2
Middle	235	41.1
Fourth	237	39.7
Highest	235	44.1
Alcohol consumption			0.445
No	766	33.3
yes	412	37.7
Smoking			0.004*
Yes	136	29.7
No	1042	42.9
Poor physical activity			0.547
Yes	376	41.5
No	771	39.6
Poor fruit/vegetable consumption			0.832
No	133	41.9
yes	1045	43.0
Overall	1178	41.3

*χ² test statistically significant at p<0.05