Table 2.
Multivariate analysis of the association between the frequency of watching television and overweight and obesity among reproductive age women in Ethiopia.
| Variables | Category | Overweight | Obesity | ||
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| COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
| Age in years | 15–24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25–39 | 1.99 (1.60–2.50) | 2.17 (1.25–3.77)∗∗ | 5.57 (2.92–10.6) | 13.8 (5.47–34.9)∗∗ | |
| 40–49 | 2.13 (1.64–2.78) | 2.69 (1.45–5.00)∗∗ | 9.44 (5.47–16.3) | 32.9 (12.1–89.7)∗∗ | |
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| Residence | Urban | 5.64 (4.30–7.40) | 1.76 (1.17–2.65)∗∗ | 18.5 (10.1–33.6) | 2.33 (0.75–7.18) |
| Rural | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Educational status | No education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Primary | 1.48 (1.19–1.85) | 1.18 (0.86–1.63) | 2.63 (1.51–4.58) | 2.00 (0.95–4.21) | |
| Secondary | 2.62 (1.96–3.50) | 1.47 (0.89–2.43) | 4.84 (2.85–8.21) | 2.02 (0.95–4.28) | |
| Higher | 4.95 (3.48–7.02) | 2.11 (1.22–3.65)∗∗ | 12.1 (5.12–28.4) | 2.95 (1.25-6.97)∗∗ | |
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| Marital status | Never in union | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Married | 1.24 (0.97–1.58) | 1.52 (0.54–4.27) | 2.08 (1.40–3.10) | 0.56 (0.19–1.59) | |
| Formerly in union | 1.85 (1.34–2.57) | 1.79 (0.63–5.15) | 3.88 (2.28–6.60) | 0.72 (0.21–2.45) | |
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| Occupation | Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nonagricultural | 2.16 (1.73–2.69) | 1.06 (0.78–1.44) | 3.50 (2.16–5.67) | 1.18 (0.74–1.89) | |
| Agricultural | 0.44 (0.29–0.67) | 0.57 (0.37–0.88) | 0.25 (0.08–0.74) | 0.45 (0.14–1.43) | |
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| Wealth index | Poorest | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Poorer | 0.96 (0.58–1.57) | 0.79 (0.43–1.50) | 1.55 (0.57–4.24) | 1.84 (0.64–5.30) | |
| Middle | 0.99 (0.61–1.62) | 0.86 (0.49–1.52) | 0.17 (0.06–0.53) | 0.19 (0.06–0.63 | |
| Richer | 1.53 (0.99–2.37) | 1.26 (0.73–2.17) | 2.93 (1.07–8.06) | 2.19 (0.76–6.40) | |
| Richest | 6.69 (4.60–9.72) | 2.83 (1.71-4.68)∗∗ | 27.6 (13.7–55.2) | 4.23 (1.20-15.5)∗∗ | |
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| Parity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2–4 | 1.52 (1.09–2.11) | 0.79 (0.48–1.32) | 1.72 (0.87–3.35) | 0.73 (0.29–1.81) | |
| >4 | 1.58 (1.20–2.07) | 0.88 (0.63–1.24) | 3.21 (2.14–4.82) | 1.43 (0.89–2.26) | |
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| Drank alcohol | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 1.12 (0.87–1.43) | 0.99 (0.75–1.32) | 1.31 (0.93–1.85) | 0.90 (0.56–1.43) | |
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| Watching television | Not at all | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Less than once a week | 1.94 (1.41–2.66) | 1.04 (0.63–1.73) | 3.28 (1.66–6.49) | 1.76 (0.78–3.95) | |
| At least once a week | 5.95 (4.68–7.56) | 1.79 (1.20-2.73)∗∗ | 22.0 (12.8–37.6) | 3.76 (2.04-6.95)∗∗ | |
∗∗Significant association by AOR with 95% CI with a p value of less than 0.05.