Table 3 Cross-tabulation of baseline characteristics, and overweight and obesity among reproductive age group women in Ethiopia (N = 2848)
Respondents baseline Characteristics | Overweight and Obese | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | ||
Educational status of respondents | |||
 No education | 72(5.8) | 1159(94.2) | <  0.001 |
 Primary | 160(16.2) | 830(83.8) | |
 Secondary | 96(26.7) | 269(73.3) | |
 Higher | 97(37.0) | 165(63.0) | |
Respondents age | |||
 15–24 years old | 48(6.6) | 680(93.4) | <  0.001 |
 25-34 years old | 216(16.5) | 1090(83.5) | |
  > =35 years old | 161(19.8) | 653(80.2) | |
Religion | |||
 Orthodox | 254(16.8) | 1262(83.2) | <  0.001 |
 Catholic | 2(9.5) | 19(90.5) | |
 Protestant | 55(8.8) | 568(91.2) | |
 Muslim | 113(16.8) | 561(83.2) | |
 Others | 1(7.1) | 13(92.9) | |
Number of children | |||
 None | 24(10) | 215(90) | <  0.001 |
 1–3 | 299(18.3) | 1335(81.7) | |
  > =4 | 102(10.5) | 873(89.5) | |
Type of current contraceptive use | |||
 Traditional | 23(31.5) | 50(68.5) | <  0.001 |
 Modern | 402(14.5) | 2373(85.5) | |
Duration of current contraceptive use | |||
  < =6 month | 258(15.5) | 1408(84.5) | 0.316 |
  > 6 month | 167(14.1) | 1015(85.9) | |
Region of respondents | |||
 Tigray | 22(6.7) | 308(93.3) | <  0.001 |
 Afar | 16(22.9) | 54(77.1) | |
 Amhara | 23(4.3) | 509(95.7) | |
 Oromia | 33(9.1) | 330(90.9) | |
 Somali | 5(31.2) | 11(68.8) | |
 Benishangul | 26(12.6) | 181(87.4) | |
 SNNPR | 30(6.2) | 450(93.8) | |
 Gambella | 22(11.5) | 170(88.5) | |
 Harari | 51(34.9) | 95(65.1) | |
 Addis Ababa | 147(41.5) | 207(58.5) | |
 Dire Dawa | 50(31.6) | 108(68.4) | |
Residence | |||
 Urban | 354(33.6) | 700(66.4) | <  0.001 |
 Rural | 71(4.0) | 1723(96.0) | |
Employment status | Â | Â | 0.223 |
 Not employed | 174(14.0) | 1069(86.0) | |
 Employed | 251(15.6%) | 1354(84.4) | |
Husband/partners educational status | |||
 No education | 57(6.3) | 842(93.7) | <  0.001 |
 Primary | 117(10.7) | 972(89.3) | |
 Secondary | 124(26.7) | 341(73.3) | |
 Higher | 127(32.2) | 268(67.8) | |
Respondents wealth index |  |  | <  0.001 |
 Poor | 10(1.4) | 688(98.6) | |
 Medium | 13(2.9) | 440(97.1) | |
 Rich | 402(23.7) | 1295(76.3) | |
Respondent drinks alcohol | |||
 No | 228(14.3) | 1364(85.7) | 0.311 |
 Yes | 197(15.7) | 1059(84.3) | |
Respondent smokes cigarette | |||
 No | 423(14.9) | 2408(85.1) | 0.714 |
 Yes | 2(11.8) | 15(88.2) | |
Respondent chews chat | |||
 No | 347(13.6) | 2199(86.4) | <  0.001 |
 Yes | 78(25.8) | 224(74.2) | |
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine | |||
 Not at all | 267(11.3) | 2095(88.7) | <  0.001 |
 Less than once a week | 111(30.9) | 248(69.1) | |
 At least once a week | 47(37.0) | 80(63.0) | |
Frequency of listening to radio | |||
 Not at all | 185(10.9) | 1514(89.1) | <  0.001 |
 Less than once a week | 95(17.1) | 459(82.9) | |
 At least once a week | 145(24.4) | 450(75.6) | |
Frequency of watching television | |||
 Not at all | 85(5.1) | 1572(94.9) | <  0.001 |
 Less than once a week | 53(14.0) | 325(86.0) | |
 At least once a week | 287(35.3) | 526(64.7) | |
Frequency of using internet | |||
 Not at all | 351(13.1) | 2326(86.9) | <  0.001 |
 Less than once a week | 16(42.1) | 22(57.9) | |
 At least once a week | 32(44.4) | 40(55.6) | |
 Almost every day | 26(42.6) | 35(54.7) | |