Table 1 Background characteristics of children under 5 years as per the 2016 UDHS
From: Factors associated with childhood overweight and obesity in Uganda: a national survey
Characteristics | N = 4338 | % |
|---|---|---|
Mother’s BMIa | ||
 Underweight | 349 | 8.0 |
 Normal | 2948 | 68.0 |
 Overweight | 1034 | 23.8 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 883 | 20.4 |
 Rural | 3455 | 79.6 |
Region | ||
 North | 871 | 20.1 |
 West | 1128 | 26.0 |
 East | 1225 | 28.2 |
 Central | 1115 | 25.7 |
Household size | ||
 5 and above | 3091 | 71.2 |
 Less than 5 | 1247 | 28.8 |
Mother’s working status | ||
 Not working | 918 | 21.2 |
 Working | 3420 | 78.8 |
Mother’s marital status | ||
 Not Married | 589 | 13.6 |
 Married | 3749 | 86.4 |
Mother’s education Level | ||
 No Education | 488 | 11.2 |
 Primary Education | 2673 | 61.6 |
 Secondary Education | 901 | 20.8 |
 Tertiary | 277 | 6.4 |
Wealth Index | ||
 Poorest | 986 | 22.7 |
 Poorer | 891 | 20.5 |
 Middle | 854 | 19.7 |
 Richer | 769 | 17.7 |
 Richest | 839 | 19.3 |
Age Mum years | ||
 15–24 | 1372 | 31.6 |
 25–34 | 1982 | 45.7 |
 35–49 | 984 | 22.7 |
Age of child months | ||
 Less than 12 | 1017 | 23.4 |
 13–24 | 920 | 21.2 |
 25–36 | 859 | 19.8 |
 37–48 | 842 | 19.4 |
 49–59 | 700 | 16.1 |
Child’s stunting status | ||
 Yes | 1214 | 28.0 |
 No | 3124 | 72.0 |
Head Household | ||
 Female | 1115 | 25.7 |
 Male | 3223 | 74.3 |
Sex of child | ||
 Female | 2148 | 49.5 |
 Male | 2190 | 50.5 |
55 | ||
5 | ||
66 | ||
3f | ||
444 | ||
888 | ||
Fathers’ educationb N | 148 |  |
 No education | 266 | 6.1 |
 Primary | 1309 | |
1981 | 45.7 | |
78 | ||
66 | ||
66 | ||
66 | ||
 Secondary | 972 | 22.4 |
 Tertiary | 422 | 9.7 |
Child nutritional status | ||
 Obesity | 49 | 1.1 |
 Overweight | 168 | 3.9 |
 Not overweight | 4121 | 95.0 |