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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to overweight/ obesity status

From: The association of household and child food insecurity with overweight/obesity in children and adolescents in an urban setting of Ethiopia

Characteristics/variables

Categories

Childhood overweight /obesity

P value

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

Age group of the children and adolescents, years

5–9

46 (25.27)

79 (17.56)

0.006

10–14

98 (53.85)

225 (50.00)

15–18

38 (20.88)

146 (32.44)

Sex of children and adolescents

Male

85 (46.7)

221 (49.1)

0.583

Female

97 (53.3)

229 (50.9)

Sex of household head

Male

140 (76.9)

341 (75.8)

0.760

Female

42 (23.1)

109 (24.2)

Age group of household head

< 40 years

22 (30.2)

176 (39.1)

0.036

≥ 40 years

127 (69.8)

274 (60.9)

Maternal education

No-formal education

63 (34.6)

180 (40)

0.208

Formal education

119 (65.4)

270 (60)

Maternal occupation

Unemployed

50 (27.5)

161 (35.8)

0.011

Private business

30 (16.5)

96 (21.3)

Employed

102 (56.0)

193 (42.9)

Marital status of the respondents

Married

153 (84.1)

379 (84.2)

0.747

Divorced

17 (9.34)

33 (7.3)

Widowed

10 (5.49)

32 (7.11)

Separated

2 (1.10)

6 (1.33)

Household size

< 5 Members

90 (49.5)

230 (51.2)

0.686

≥5 Members

92 (50.5)

219 (48.8)

Type of school where the child attend

Private

98 (53.8)

240 (53.3)

0.907

Public

84 (46.2)

210 (46.7)

Wealth index

Poorest

28 (15.56)

98 (22.07)

< 0.001

Poorer

32 (17.78)

92 (20.72)

Middle

35 (19.44)

117 (26.35)

Richer

31 (17.22)

67 (15.09)

Richest

54 (30.00)

70 (15.77)

Household food insecurity status

Food secure

151 (83.89)

363 (80.85)

0.332

Mildly and moderately food insecure

17 (9.44)

39 (8.69)

Severely food insecure

12 (6.67)

47 (10.47)

 

Child food insecurity status

Food secure

165 (90.66)

389 (86.64)

0.162

Food insecure

17 (9.34)

60 (13.36)

  1. Employed*-Government and NGO employee