Table 1 : Characteristics of ever married non pregnant reproductive age women in urban Bangladesh, 2014 BDHS
From: Socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among ever-married urban women in Bangladesh
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
 15–19 | 90 (5.3) |
 20–29 | 572 (33.6) |
 30–39 | 618 (36.3) |
 40–49 | 421 (24.8) |
Weight (kilogram)a | 54.4 (9.3) |
Height (meter)a | 15.1 (0.6) |
BMI (kg/m2)a | 23.9 (3.6) |
Highest Educational Level | |
 No education | 433 (25.5) |
 Primary | 487 (28.6) |
 Secondary | 477 (28.0) |
 Higher | 304 (17.9) |
Current Marital Status | |
 Married | 1501 (88.2) |
 Widowed | 92 (5.4) |
 Divorced | 36 (2.1) |
 No longer living together / separated | 72 (4.2) |
Parity | |
 No children | 147 (8.6) |
 1–2 children | 941 (55.3) |
 3–4 children | 458 (26.9) |
 5+ children | 155 (9.1) |
Working Status | |
 No working | 114 (6.7) |
 White-collar | 353 (20.8) |
 Manual | 1003 (59.0) |
 Other | 231 (13.6) |
Wealth Index | |
 Poorest | 166 (9.8) |
 Poorer | 117 (6.9) |
 Middle | 261 (15.3) |
 Richer | 517 (30.4) |
 Richest | 640 (37.6) |
Region of Residence | |
 Barisal | 170 (10.0) |
 Chittagong | 262 (15.4) |
 Dhaka | 420 (24.7) |
 Khulna | 272 (16.0) |
 Rajshahi | 256 (15.1) |
 Rangpur | 201 (11.8) |
 Sylhet | 120 (7.1) |
Nutritional Status | |
 Normal | 1123 (66.0) |
(95% CI: 0.64–0.68) | |
 Overweight | 486 (28.6) |
(95% CI: 0.26–0.31) | |
 Obese | 92 (5.4) |
(95% CI: 0.04–0.07) | |