Table 1.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Health-care Workers, Teachers, and Bankers
| Variable | Overall N=286 n (%) | Profession | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health-care Workers N=61 n (%) | Teachers N=131 n (%) | Bankers N=94 n (%) | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 82 (28.7) | 13 (15.9) | 30 (36.6) | 39 (47.5) | 0.004a |
| Female | 204 (71.3) | 48 (23.5) | 101 (49.5) | 55 (27.0) | |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 18–29 | 75 (26.2) | 20 (26.6) | 29 (38.7) | 26 (34.7) | 0.003a |
| 30–39 | 121 (42.3) | 16 (13.2) | 56 (46.2) | 49 (40.4) | |
| 40–49 | 49 (17.1) | 9 (18.4) | 28 (57.1) | 12 (24.5) | |
| 50–60 | 41 (14.3) | 16 (39.0) | 18 (43.9) | 7 (17.1) | |
| Education level | |||||
| College | 141 (49.3) | 51 (36.2) | 70 (49.6) | 20 (14.2) | 0.0001a |
| University graduate degree | 122 (42.7) | 9 (7.4) | 50 (41.0) | 63 (51.6) | |
| Post graduate degree | 23 (8.0) | 1 (4.3) | 11 (47.8) | 11 (47.8) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 95 (33.2) | 21 (22.1) | 39 (41.1) | 35 (36.8) | 0.117a |
| Married/Cohabitating | 182 (63.6) | 35 (19.2) | 89 (48.9) | 58 (31.9) | |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 9 (3.1) | 5 (55.6) | 3 (33.3) | 1 (11.1) | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Government employee | 142 (49.7) | 42 (29.5) | 86(60.6) | 14 (9.9) | 0.0001a |
| Non-government employee | 144 (50.3) | 19 (13.2) | 45(31.3) | 80 (55.5) | |
| Years with institution | |||||
| Less than a year | 24 (8.4) | 11 (45.8) | 8 (33.3) | 5 (20.8) | 0.001a |
| 1–3 years | 58 (20.3) | 13 (22.4) | 27 (46.6) | 18 (31.0) | |
| 4–6 years | 82 (28.7) | 16 (19.5) | 27 (32.9) | 39 (47.6) | |
| 7 years and above | 122 (42.7) | 21 (17.2) | 69 (56.6) | 32 (26.2) | |
| Estimated income per month (TSh) | |||||
| Less than 250,000 | 22 (7.7) | 7 (31.8) | 11(50.0) | 4 (18.2) | 0.0001a |
| 250,000–500,000 | 79 (27.6) | 14 (17.7) | 56 (70.9) | 9 (11.4) | |
| 500,000–750,000 | 83 (29.0) | 26 (31.3) | 32 (38.6) | 25 (30.1) | |
| 750,000–1,000,000 | 64 (22.4) | 12 (18.7) | 27 (42.2) | 25 (39.1) | |
| More than 1,000,000 | 38 (13.3) | 2 (5.3) | 5 (13.1) | 31 (81.6) | |
| Height (cm, mean ± SD) | 162.7±7.7 | 160.9±7.5 | 162.4±7.2 | 164.3±8.3 | 0.019b |
| Weight (cm, mean ± SD) | 75.1±16.2 | 74.7±17.8 | 73.3±14.9 | 77.9±16.7 | 0.105b |
| BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD) | 28.4±5.9 | 28.9±6.7 | 27.8±5.5 | 28.9±5.9 | 0.316b |
| WC (cm, mean ± SD) | 92.0±12.9 | 91.9±14.3 | 92.1±12.4 | 92.0±12.7 | 0.994b |
Notes: aChi-square test bANOVA. The p-value was considered statistically significant when p<0.05