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Table 2 Description of the Numbers and Proportion of Overweight Women within Strata of Household Wealth and Educational Attainment in 22 SSA Countries

From: Is the positive association between middle-income and rich household wealth and adult sub-Saharan African women’s overweight status modified by the level of education attainment? A cross-sectional study of 22 countries

  

Poorest

Middle

Rich

Country

Educational Attainment

Overweight (N, %)

Underweight or normal weight (N, %)

Overweight (N, %)

Underweight or normal weight (N, %)

Overweight (N, %)

Underweight or normal weight (N, %)

Low- Income Countries

1. Benin 2011–12

None/Primary

720 (17.1)

3453 (82.9)

1038 (27.6)

2799 (72.4)

1074 (43.1)

1524 (56.9)

 

Secondary/Higher

20 (14.1)

130 (85.9)

81 (17.4)

385 (82.6)

565 (36.2)

1022 (63.8)

2. Chad 2014–2015

No/nePrimary

226 (8.3)

2476 (91.7)

190 (8.2)

2347 (91.8)

388 (19.3)

1763 (80.7)

 

Secondary/Higher

14 (10.0)

126 (90.0)

26 (10.2)

155 (89.8)

167 (26.2)

489 (73.8)

3. Comoros 2012

No/Primary

414 (38.8)

570 (61.2)

325 (46.7)

364 (53.3)

220 (53.7)

183 (46.3)

 

Secondary/Higher

96 (20.9)

287 (79.1)

247 (38.0)

429 (62.0)

413 (42.2)

541 (57.8)

4. Congo DRC 2013–2014

None/Primary

157 (8.7)

1727 (91.3)

176 (11.3)

1436 (88.7)

145 (30.2)

464 (69.7)

 

Secondary/Higher

23 (3.7)

455 (96.3)

72 (8.6)

701 (91.4)

497 (31.2)

1178 (68.8)

5. Gambia 2013

None/Primary

189 (18.5)

825 (81.5)

200 (23.7)

678 (76.3)

181 (36.2)

281 (63.8)

 

Secondary/Higher

29 (11.0)

223 (89.0)

58 (22.2)

235 (77.8)

219 (29.2)

485 (70.8)

6. Liberia 2013

None/Primary

223 (19.9)

960 (80.1)

230 (22.3)

707 (77.7)

234 (41.4)

345 (58.6)

 

Secondary/Higher

20 (22.8)

80 (77.2)

46 (19.7)

196 (80.3)

224 (34.5)

389 (65.5)

7. Malawi 2015–2016

None/Primary

254 (13.4)

1722 (86.6)

356 (20.4)

1326 (79.6)

355 (37.2)

569 (62.8)

 

Secondary/Higher

24 (10.5)

172 (89.5)

82 (21.1)

349 (78.9)

488 (38.1)

746 (61.9)

8. Rwanda 2014–2015

None/Primary

231 (13.3)

1483 (86.7)

275 (18.7)

1172 (81.3)

359 (36.6)

602 (63.4)

 

Secondary/Higher

15 (11.5)

104 (88.5)

59 (20.4)

219 (79.6)

324 (37.7)

518 (62.3)

9. Sierra Leone 2013

None/Primary

256 (12.7)

1656 (87.3)

328 (17.8)

1369 (82.2)

341 (35.2)

630 (64.8)

 

Secondary/Higher

18 (10.5)

172 (89.5)

57 (14.8)

330 (85.2)

310 (29.4)

802 (70.6)

10. Tanzania 2015–2016

None/Primary

521 (15.6)

2730 (84.4)

788 (29.2)

1941 (70.8)

873 (51.2)

823 (48.8)

 

Secondary/Higher

37 (14.2)

177 (85.8)

211 (23.5)

520 (76.5)

813 (48.0)

935 (52.0)

11. Togo 2013–2014

None/Primary

158 (15.8)

992 (84.2)

273 (29.5)

671 (70.5)

326 (53.8)

282 (46.2)

 

Secondary/Higher

20 (13.5)

143 (86.5)

81 (25.6)

242 (74.4)

294 (43.5)

393 (56.5)

12. Zimbabwe 2015

None/Primary

334 (25.8)

949 (74.2)

232 (41.9)

299 (58.1)

94 (54.3)

81 (45.7)

 

Secondary/Higher

371 (27.4)

989 (72.6)

873 (41.3)

1201 (58.7)

1253 (53.0)

1111 (47.0)

Lower-middle Income Countries

13. Cameroon 2011

None/Primary

302 (15.7)

1424 (84.3)

418 (35.9)

761 (64.1)

251 (52.1)

235 (47.9)

 

Secondary/Higher

80 (26.9)

207 (73.1)

306 (36.6)

560 (63.4)

750 (49.5)

797 (50.5)

14. Congo 2011–2012

None/Primary

99 (10.4)

870 (89.6)

110 (20.3)

550 (80.0)

73 (32.8)

162 (67.2)

 

Secondary/Higher

79 (17.2)

410 (82.8)

164 (19.8)

697 (80.2)

456 (39.1)

744 (60.9)

15. Ghana 2014

Nome/Primary

169 (18.1)

759 (81.9)

228 (40.8)

311 (59.2)

150 (65.1)

84 (34.9)

 

Secondary/Higher

61 (20.6)

280 (79.4)

305 (40.7)

456 (59.3)

611 (60.8)

431 (39.2)

16. Kenya 2014

None/Primary

509 (16.3)

2891 (83.7)

875 (33.3)

1711 (66.7)

752 (52.3)

695 (47.7)

 

Secondary/Higher

102 (19.5)

424 (80.5)

409 (28.8)

1010 (71.2)

1188 (49.6)

1196 (50.4)

17. Lesotho 2014

None/Primary

234 (36.1)

436 (63.9)

192 (52.9)

168 (46.1)

108 (62.1)

64 (37.9)

 

Secondary/Higher

99 (34.8)

182 (65.2)

290 (51.2)

281 (48.8)

423 (56.5)

287 (43.5)

18. Nigeria 2013

None/Primary

1192 (13.0)

7571 (87.0)

1489 (27.1)

3901 (72.9)

846 (45.1)

1038 (54.9)

 

Secondary/Higher

157 (15.6)

835 (84.4)

1096 (24.6)

3282 (75.4)

3368 (42.6)

4529 (57.4)

19. Swaziland 2006–2007

None/Primary

391 (49.0)

413 (51.0)

295 (60.8)

182 (39.2)

166 (69.7)

83 (30.3)

 

Secondary/Higher

225 (46.7)

265 (53.3)

447 (56.2)

366 (43.8)

646 (63.4)

376 (36.6)

20. Zambia 2013–2014

None/Primary

396 (11.4)

3163 (88.6)

567 (22.6)

2036 (77.4)

436 (43.7)

545 (56.3)

 

Secondary/Higher

69 (10.1)

628 (89.9)

354 (19.7)

1326 (80.3)

1242 (38.6)

2040 (61.4)

Upper-middle Income Countries

21. Gabon 2012

None/Primary

266 (28.6)

652 (71.4)

257 (55.7)

261 (44.3)

160 (63.1)

104 (36.9)

 

Secondary/Higher Education

171 (34.8)

354 (65.2)

374 (43.8)

529 (56.2)

562 (51.6)

575 (48.4)

22. Namibia 2013

None/Primary Education

111 (18.7)

425 (81.3)

139 (42.7)

184 (57.3)

55 (68.2)

31 (31.8)

 

Secondary/Higher Education

131 (18.0)

519 (82.0)

357 (37.0)

582 (63.0)

550 (47.0)

529 (53.0)