Table 1 Description of the Urban Sample 1
From: Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor?
Variables | Â |
|---|---|
Time lapse (between survey 1 and survey 2) | Â |
   Mean (Standard deviation) | 11.6 (1.5) |
| Â | Percentage |
Education | (%) |
   None | 25.7 |
   Primary | 40.1 |
   Secondary+ | 34.2 |
Working status | Â |
   Not working | 44.2 |
   Working | 55.9 |
Age | Â |
   15-19 | 20.7 |
   20-24 | 21.9 |
   25-29 | 19.4 |
   30-34 | 14.5 |
   35+ | 23.6 |
Marital status | Â |
   Never married | 29.8 |
   Currently married | 60.6 |
   Other | 9.6 |
Parity | Â |
   <2 | 45.5 |
   2-3 | 25.5 |
   4-5 | 14.6 |
   6+ | 14.4 |
Country | Â |
   Burkina Faso | 16.4 |
   Ghana | 16.0 |
   Kenya | 12.4 |
   Malawi | 10.4 |
   Niger | 7.3 |
   Senegal | 17.4 |
   Tanzania | 20.2 |
   N | 19,992 |