Table 2 Background characteristics of study participants
Participants characteristics | International geographical regions | Full sample, n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Americas, n (%) | Asian, n (%) | African, n (%) | European, n (%) | ||
Age in years | |||||
 40–44 years | 11,401 (50.24) | 31,468 (43.1) | 23,344 (52.19) | 395 (73.25) | 66,608 (47.25) |
 ≥ 45 years | 11,293 (49.76) | 41,539 (56.9) | 21,388 (47.81) | 144 (26.75) | 74,365 (52.75) |
Educational level | |||||
 No education | 1519 (6.70) | 26,552 (36.37) | 12,916 (28.87) | 3 (0.57) | 40,990 (29.08) |
 Primary | 13,289 (58.56) | 12,983 (17.78) | 15,739 (35.19) | 279 (51.79) | 42,290 (30.00) |
 Secondary | 5348 (23.56) | 24,838 (34.02) | 13,299 (29.73) | 215 (39.92) | 43,699 (31.00) |
 Higher | 2538 (11.18) | 8629 (11.82) | 2779 (6.21) | 42 (7.73) | 13,988 (9.92) |
Head of the household | |||||
 Male | 14,876 (65.55) | 62,716 (85.9) | 32,195 (71.97) | 527 (97.63) | 11,0314 (78.25) |
 Female | 7817 (34.45) | 10,292 (14.1) | 12,538 (28.03) | 13 (2.37) | 30,660 (21.75) |
Respondent’s age at 1st birth | |||||
 < 18 years | 6389 (28.28) | 16,940 (26.65) | 11,047 (24.7) | 3 (0.56) | 34,379 (26.16) |
 18–20 years | 7776 (34.42) | 21,212 (33.37) | 15,178 (33.93) | 75 (14.01) | 44,241 (33.66) |
 21–25 years | 5908 (26.15) | 19,990 (31.44) | 13,845 (30.95) | 320 (60.00) | 40,064 (30.48) |
 > 25 years | 2520 (11.15) | 5430 (8.54) | 4660 (10.42) | 136 (25.42) | 12,747 (9.7) |
Number of childbirths | |||||
 < 4 | 8739 (38.51) | 23,718 (37.28) | 9943 (22.23) | 428 (79.32) | 42,828 (32.55) |
 4–5 | 7082 (31.21) | 21,125 (33.2) | 15,056 (33.66) | 98 (18.24) | 43,362 (32.95) |
 > 5 | 6873 (30.28) | 18,780 (29.52) | 19,734 (44.11) | 13 (2.44) | 45,400 (34.50) |
Mass media exposure | |||||
 No | 1376 (6.06) | 13,856 (18.98) | 8654 (19.35) | 9 (1.61) | 23,895 (16.95) |
 Yes | 21,318 (93.94) | 59,151 (81.02) | 36,079 (80.65) | 531 (98.39) | 11,7079 (83.05) |
Health insurance coverage | |||||
 No | 13,704 (69.88) | 30,809 (70.82) | 38,953 (87.09) | 409 (75.78) | 83,874 (77.39) |
 Yes | 5906 (30.12) | 12,694 (29.18) | 5773 (12.91) | 131 (24.22) | 24,504 (22.61) |
Body mass index | |||||
 Under weight | 230 (1.18) | 4980 (8.92) | 1401 (3.88) | 4 (0.73) | 6615 (5.91) |
 Normal weight | 4646 (23.82) | 22,948 (41.12) | 10,075 (27.93) | 208 (38.56) | 37,877 (33.84) |
 Overweight | 6898 (35.37) | 15,801 (28.31) | 9890 (27.42) | 225 (41.71) | 32,814 (29.32) |
 Obese | 7728 (39.62) | 12,082 (21.65) | 14,709 (40.77) | 103 (19.01) | 34,621 (30.93) |
Community | |||||
 Urban | 14,376 (63.35) | 33,073 (45.3) | 15,612 (34.90) | 222 (41.19) | 63,283 (44.89) |
 Rural | 8318 (36.65) | 39,934 (54.7) | 29,121 (65.10) | 317 (58.81) | 77,690 (55.11) |
Wealth quintile | |||||
 Q1 (Poorest 20%) | 3552 (15.65) | 11,835 (16.21) | 9690 (21.66) | 98 (18.14) | 25,175 (17.86) |
 Q2 | 4135 (18.22) | 14,552 (19.93) | 9253 (20.69) | 108 (20.10) | 28,048 (19.90) |
 Q3 | 5265 (23.2) | 15,321 (20.99) | 8821 (19.72) | 131 (24.22) | 29,538 (20.95) |
 Q4 | 4877 (21.49) | 15,884 (21.76) | 8388 (18.75) | 104 (19.24) | 29,253 (20.75) |
 Q5 (Richest 20%) | 4866 (21.44) | 15,415 (21.11) | 8580 (19.18) | 99 (18.30) | 28,960 (20.54) |
Total observations | 22,694 (16.10) | 73,007 (51.79) | 44,733 (31.73) | 539 (0.38) | 140,974 (100) |