Table 2 : Socioeconomic determinants of being overweight and obese among women in urban Bangladesh, 2014, BDHS

 15–19

11 (12.2)

79(87.8)

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1

 20–29

148 (25.9)

424(74.1)

2.5 (1.3–4.8)^a

2.1 (1.0–4.1)^a

 30–39

249 (40.3)

369 (59.7)

4.8 (2.5–9.3)^c

3.9 (1.9–7.7)^c

 40–49

170 (40.4)

251 (59.6)

4.9 (2.5–9.4)^c

4.3 (2.1–8.8)^c

 No education

120(27.7)

313 (72.3)

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1

 Primary

137(28.1)

350 (71.9)

1.0 (0.8–1.4)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

 Secondary

160 (33.5)

317 (66.5)

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

1.2 (0.8–1.6)

 Higher

161 (53.0)

143 (47.0)

2.9 (2.2–4.0)^c

1.7 (1.0–2.6)^a

 Married

532 (35.4)

969 (64.6)

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1

 Widowed

29 (31.5)

63 (68.5)

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

0.7 (0.5–1.2)

 Divorced

6 (16.7)

30 (83.3)

0.4 (0.2–0.9)^a

0.4 (0.2–1.1)

 No longer

11 (15.3)

61 (84.7)

0.3 (0.2–0.6)^c

0.4 (0.2–0.8)^a

 No children

33 (22.5)

114 (77.5)

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1

 1–2 children

340 (36.1)

601 (63.9)

2.0 (1.3–2.9)^c

1.5 (0.9–2.3)

 3–4 children

151 (33.0)

307 (67.0)

1.7 (1.1–2.6)^a

1.3 (0.8–2.2)

 5+ children

54 (34.8)

101 (65.2)

1.8 (1.1–3.1)^a

1.6 (0.9–3.0)

 No working

31 (27.2)

83 (72.8)

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1

 White-collar

164 (46.5)

189 (53.5)

2.3 (1.5–3.7)

1.2 (0.7–2.0)

 Manual

327(32.6)

676 (67.4)

1.3 (0.8–2.0)

1.2 (0.8–1.9)

 Other

56 (24.2)

175 (75.8)

0.9 (0.5–1.4)

0.8 (0.5–1.4)

 Poorest

29 (17.5)

137 (82.5)

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 Poorer

34 (29.1)

83 (70.9)

1.9 (1.1–3.4)^b

1.9 (1.1–3.5)^a

 Middle

79 (30.3)

182 (69.7)

2.1 (1.3–3.3)^c

2.3 (1.4–3.8)^c

 Richer

150 (29.0)

367 (71.0)

1.9 (1.2–3.0)^c

2.4 (1.5–3.8)^c

 Richest

286 (44.7)

354 (55.3)

3.8 (2.5–5.9)^c

4.1 (2.5–6.7)^c

 Barisal

62 (36.5)

108 (63.5)

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 Chittagong

78 (29.8)

184 (70.2)

0.7 (0.5–1.1)

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

 Dhaka

130 (30.95)

290 (69.05)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

 Khulna

102 (37.5)

170 (62.5)

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

 Rajshahi

100 (39.1)

156 (60.9)

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

1.4 (0.9–2.1)

 Rangpur

74 (36.8)

127 (63.2)

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

 Sylhet

32 (26.7)

88 (73.3)

0.6 (0.4–1.1)

0.8 (0.4–1.3)