Table 3.
Levels and trends in the prevalence of overweight/obesity by various sociodemographic variables, 2014
| Variables | 2007 STEPS survey | 2014 STEPS survey | 2017 Botswana Demographic Survey | |||
| Weighted n | % (95% CI) | Weighted n | % (95% CI) | Weighted n | % (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 7614 | 21.3 (14.5 to 30.0) | 61 073 | 26.6 (22.8 to 30.9) | 114 145 | 31.1 (29.7 to 32.6) |
| Female | 20 464 | 52.3 (49.8 to 54.7) | 111 642 | 51.1 (48.0 to 54.2) | 280 448 | 59.7 (58.7 to 60.7) |
| Age | ||||||
| 25–34 | 8006 | 27.6 (24.0 to 31.7) | 62 614 | 30.8 (27.3 to 34.6) | 125 709 | 39.3 (37.3 to 41.4) |
| 35–44 | 7935 | 41.6 (36.6 to 46.9) | 50 268 | 41.9 (36.2 to 47.8) | 128 730 | 50.3 (48.6 to 52.0) |
| 45–54 | 7664 | 45.8 (38.6 to 53.2) | 34 604 | 47.9 (41.3 to 54.5) | 83 791 | 53.7 (51.6 to 55.9) |
| 55–64 | 4473 | 43.6 (36.0 to 51.5) | 25 229 | 48.5 (42.6 to 54.4) | 56 363 | 53.9 (52.2 to 55.6) |
| Citizenship | ||||||
| Motswana | 26 738 | 37.5 (34.2 to 40.8) | 163 066 | 38.2 (35.5 to 41.0) | 366 907 | 46.6 (45.4 to 47.8) |
| Others | 1340 | 37.1 (31.9 to 42.7) | 9489 | 45.2 (31.7 to 59.5) | 27 686 | 56.1 (52.9 to 59.3) |
| Missing values | – | – | 160 | – | – | – |
| Work status | ||||||
| Working | 11 414 | 38.7 (34.0 to 43.7) | 99 343 | 44.6 (40.5 to 48.8) | 234 722 | 48.7 (47.2 to 50.2) |
| Not working | 14 864 | 36.6 (32.5 to 40.9) | 73 372 | 32.6 (29.2 to 36.2) | 159 871 | 45.4 (44.2 to 46.5) |
| Missing values | 1800 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total (N) | 28 078 | 37.4 (34.3 to 40.7) | 172 715 | 38.6 (35.9 to 41.3) | 394 593 | 47.3 (46.1 to 48.4) |
| Age adjusted | 36.3 (33.2 to 39.6) | 38.7 (36.0 to 41.4) | 46.4 (45.2 to 47.5) | |||
The bolded figures show percentages and total sample size under each survey