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Table 2 Socio-demographic correlates of overweight and obesity among urban reproductive age women in Ethiopia, 2011 EDHS (NW=3602)

From: Overweight and obesity and its socio-demographic correlates among urban Ethiopian women: evidence from the 2011 EDHS

Variables

Overweight and obesity

Crude Odds Ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95 % CI)

Yes (n, %)

No (n, %)

Age Group§

    

 15–19

44 (4.4)

952 (95.6)

1

1

 20–29

183 (12.7)

1255 (87.3)

3.2 (2.0, 5.0)*

2.3 (1.4, 3.9)*

 30–39

183 (23.4)

600 (76.6)

6.7 (4.3, 10.5)*

5.0 (2.9, 8.8)*

 40–49

124 (32.2)

261 (67.8)

10.3 (8.4, 16.6)*

9.8 (5.1, 13.8)*

Region of Residence

    

 Tigray

24 (8.6)

256 (91.4)

1

1

 Three Metropolis

180 (20.3)

706 (79.7)

2.7 (1.4, 5.1)*

2.2 (1.2, 4.2)*

 Amhara

72 (8.1)

821 (91.9)

0.9 (0.4, 2.3).

0.9 (0.3, 2.4)

 Oromia

121 (14.1)

736 (85.9)

1.7 (0.8, 3.9)

1.5 (0.6, 3.2)

 SNNPR*

97 (20.3)

380 (79.7)

2.7 (1.2, 6.2)*

2.6 (1.2,5.8)*

 Others

40 (19.1)

169 (80.9)

2.5 (1.2, 5.3)*

2.5 (1.1, 5.4)*

Wealth Quintile

    

 Poorest

84(10.5)

714 (89.5)

1

1

 Poorer

105 (15.6)

569 (84.4)

1.6 (1.0, 2.4)

1.1 (0.7,1.8)

 Middle

140 (19.7)

572 (80.3)

2.1 (1.2, 3.8)*

1.6 (0.9,2.9)

 Richer

66 (9.3)

643 (80.4)

0.9 (0,5, 1.6)

0.9 (0.5, 1.6)

 Richest

139 (19.6)

570 (83.9)

2.1 (1.3, 3.3)*

1.8 (1.1, 2.5)*

Educational Status

    

 No formal education

103 (13.2)

678 (86.8)

1

1

 Primary (1–8th)

202 (13.1)

1340 (86.9)

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

1.5 (1.0, 2.3)

 Secondary+

229 (17.9)

1050 (82.1)

1.4(0.9, 2.2)

2.0 (1.3, 3.1)*

Parity

    

 No child

143 (8.3)

1583 (91.7)

1

1

 1–4 children

312 (21.0)

1173 (79.0)

3.0 (2.1, 4.1)*

1.1 (0.7, 1.7)

 5+ children

79 (20.2)

312 (79.8)

2.8 (1.9, 4.2)*

0.7 (0.4,1.3)

Marital Status

    

 Single

111 (7.3)

1412 (92.7)

1

1

 Married

351 (21.9)

1251 (78.1)

3.6 (2.5, 5.1)*

2.0 (1.2, 3.3)*

 Divorced/widowed

72 (15.1)

405 (84.9)

2.3 (1.5,3.5)*

1.2 (0.6, 2.3)

Occupational status

    

 Not working

206 (13.7)

1303 (86.3)

1

1

 White- collar work

258 (17.8)

1192 (82.2)

1.4 (0.9,1.9)

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

 Manual Work

68 (11.0)

551 (89.0)

0.8 (0.5, 1.3)

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

  1. *SNNPR = Southern Nations and Nationalities and Peoples Region
  2. NW = Total weighted count excluding pregnant women and women with extreme BMI values (<12.00 kg /m2 and > 50.00 kg /m2)
  3. § = age classification used in EDHS reports (2005 and 2011) under maternal nutritional status section