Table 1 Percentage* and number of study participants by key variables in each of the surveys

Overweight

18.24

2220

24.12

3377

27.26

13,598

14.19

1658

24.15

3323

Age 15–29

38.44

4677

33.84

4737

33.11

16,518

48.73

6041

44.76

7056

Age 30–39

36.05

4386

38.90

5446

36.15

18,033

25.58

3145

25.76

4054

Age 40–49 (54 males)

25.52

3105

27.26

3817

30.73

15,331

25.69

3088

29.48

4454

Urban

40.35

4910

49.40

6916

35.40

17,656

59.26

7294

37.31

5788

Rural

59.65

7258

50.60

7084

64.60

32,226

40.74

4980

62.69

9776

No Education

32.10

3905

23.64

3309

19.30

9626

6.98

1010

6.15

1292

Primary

18.85

2294

15.43

2160

13.57

6771

13.85

1741

10.20

1856

Secondary

35.93

4371

50.21

7030

54.48

27,178

63.25

7624

64.47

9784

Higher

13.13

1597

10.72

1501

12.64

6307

15.92

1895

19.18

2632

Lower SoL

44.28

5373

30.39

4250

8.97

4447

36.43

4524

8.74

1693

Middle SoL

39.74

4822

34.77

4862

26.18

12,985

34.52

4335

24.97

4418

Higher SoL

15.99

1940

34.84

4873

64.85

32,161

29.05

3406

66.29

9351

Married

93.41

11,366

93.24

13,053

94.16

46,971

58.96

7339

62.11

9961

Not Married

6.59

802

6.76

947

5.84

2911

41.04

4935

37.89

5603

Overweight

6.00

1336

14.67

3002

18.51

31,546

9.56

1853

12.88

4544

Age 15–29

46.49

10,352

39.32

8044

36.88

62,868

51.00

9882

49.02

17,300

Age 30–39

32.19

7168

35.94

7353

34.71

59,173

24.87

4819

24.16

8527

Age 40–49 (54 males)

21.32

4746

24.74

5062

28.41

48,429

24.13

4676

26.82

9465

Urban

20.50

4564

40.75

8338

22.98

39,174

46.62

9034

27.55

9724

Rural

79.50

17,702

59.25

12,121

77.02

131,296

53.38

10,343

72.45

25,568

No Education

62.67

13,951

48.88

9999

44.43

75,735

16.12

3122

16.49

5820

Primary

14.22

3166

13.52

2766

14.29

24,364

13.77

2667

14.14

4990

Secondary

16.14

3594

28.94

5921

33.91

57,798

53.78

10,416

55.35

19,535

Higher

6.96

1550

8.66

1771

7.38

12,573

16.34

3164

14.02

4947

Lower SoL

69.21

15,333

55.29

11,301

30.03

47,214

51.81

10,032

28.21

9164

Middle SoL

24.98

5534

27.13

5546

38.52

60,571

28.53

5525

38.99

12,667

Higher SoL

5.81

1288

17.58

3594

31.45

49,457

19.66

3806

32.80

10,654

Married

94.24

20,984

94.61

19,356

95.42

162,655

60.84

11,788

62.35

22,006

Not Married

5.76

1282

5.39

1103

4.58

7815

39.16

7589

37.65

13,286