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. 2020 Dec;21(12):3639–3646. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.12.3639

Table 4.

Association of Lifestyle Risk Factors with Educational Level of Girls and Family Income

Education
&
Economic level
Number
Of
Girls
n (%)
Physical Exercise - n / (%)
Fried/Oily food – n / (%)
Alcohol BMI [n (%)]
60 min
daily
30 min
daily
15 min
daily
Occa-
sional
Never Once daily >Once daily Occa-
sional
Rarely Yes (%) Under
Weight
<18.5
Normal
Weight 18.5-24.9
Obese
Class I-III
> 25.0
Girl’s Education n=86 n=185 n=271 n=761 n=613 n=547 n=278 n=709 n=382 n=225 n=668 n=876 n=372
School 309 (16.1) 10 (3.2) 32 (10.3) 54 (17.5) 106 (34.3) 107 (34.6) 64 (20.7) 49 (15.8) 106 (34.3) 90 (29.1) 32 (10.3) 116 (37.5) 134
(43.4)
59
(19.1)
Graduate (Arts) 1136 (59.3) 57 (5.0) 103 (9.0) 155 (13.6) 409 (36.0) 412 (36.3) 367 (32.3) 164 (14.4) 371 (32.6) 234 (20.6) 130 (11.4) 377 (33.2) 514
(45.2)
245
(21.6)
Graduate
(Science)
399 (20.8) 15 (3.7) 40 (10.0) 55 (13.8) 206 (51.6) 83 (20.8) 97 (24.3) 56 (14.0) 195 (48.9) 51 (12.8) 37 (9.3) 150 (37.6) 190
(47.6)
59
(14.8)
Post-Graduate & above 72
(3.8)
4
(5.5)
10 (13.9) 7
(9.7)
40 (55.6) 11 (15.2) 19 (26.4) 9 (12.5) 37 (51.4) 7
(9.7)
26 (36.1) 25 (34.7) 38
(52.4)
9
(12.5)
Chi-square χ2 (12; N=1916) 62.149, p<0.001 χ2 (9; N=1916) 68.517, p<0.001 * χ2 (6; N=1916) 12.835, P = 0.046
Family Income (monthly) INR
< 5,000 409 (21.3) 14 (3.4) 23 (5.6) 68 (16.6) 135 (33.0) 169 (41.4) 119 (29.1) 51 (12.5) 142 (34.7) 97 (23.7) 23
(5.6)
130 (31.8) 169
(41.3)
110 (26.90)
5,001 – 15,000 805 (42.0) 36 (4.5) 80 (9.9) 95 (11.8) 322 (40.0) 272 (33.8) 219 (27.2) 118 (14.6) 289 (35.9) 179 (22.3) 92 (11.4) 294 (36.6) 363
(45.0)
148
(18.4)
15,001 – 25,000 397 (20.7) 22 (5.5) 48 (12.0) 64 (16.1) 160 (40.3) 103 (25.9) 113 (28.5) 61 (15.4) 153 (38.5) 70 (17.6) 52 (13.0) 141 (35.5) 191
(48.1)
65
(16.4)
25,000 – 50,001 202 (10.5) 9
(4.4)
21 (10.4) 35 (17.3) 91 (45.0) 46 (22.8) 63 (31.2) 28 (13.8) 84 (41.6) 27 (13.4) 38 (18.8) 68 (33.7) 107
(53.0)
27
(13.3)
> 50,000 103 (5.4) 5
(4.8)
13 (12.6) 9
(8.7)
53 (51.4) 23 (22.4) 33 (32.0) 20 (19.4) 41 (39.9) 9
(8.7)
20 (19.4) 35 (34.0) 46
(44.6)
22
(21.4)
Chi-square χ2(16; N=1916) 56.621, p<0.001 χ2 (12; N=1916) 24.074, P=0.020 ** χ2 (8; N=1916) 24.672, P = 0.002

INR, Indian Rupee; *χ2 (6; N=1916) 45.314, p<0.001; ** χ2(8; N=1916) 35.508, p<0.001