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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women with BMI information by women groups: 2003, 2008 and 2014

From: Socio-demographic trends in overweight and obesity among parous and nulliparous women in Ghana

 

Parous women

Nulliparous women

2003

2008

2014

2003

2008

2014

Characteristic

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

Age group (years)

 15–24

15.9

519

15.2

434

14.0

406

84.0

1313

82.7

1258

79.3

1086

 25–34

38.0

1244

36.8

1053

36.2

1049

12.5

195

14.0

212

17.2

236

 35–44

32.9

1076

33.9

969

35.7

1033

3.1

49

3.0

46

3.3

45

 45+

13.2

432

14.1

403

14.1

410

0.4

6

0.3

5

0.2

3

Educational level

 No education

35.6

1164

28.5

815

26.0

753

11.4

179

5.6

85

3.9

54

 Primary

6.7

219

23.2

662

19.9

577

14.2

222

14.1

215

14.7

201

 Middle/JSS/JHS

25.4

832

46.1

1319

40.8

1183

56.6

885

73.7

1121

41.6

570

 Secondary/higher

32.3

1056

2.2

63

13.3

385

17.8

277

6.6

100

39.8

545

Marital status

 Never married

3.7

121

6.2

178

8.2

237

86.0

1344

88.1

1341

88.7

1215

 Married

74.3

2429

63.7

1821

56.8

1647

6.6

103

5.4

82

6.1

84

 Cohabiting

8.7

286

16.0

458

18.9

549

4.4

69

4.6

69

3.9

54

 Previously married

13.3

435

14.1

402

16.1

465

3.0

47

1.9

29

1.3

17

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

19.8

648

18.2

520

17.4

505

9.3

146

9.7

148

14.8

203

 Poorer

19.3

630

20.3

580

18.0

521

11.2

176

12.9

196

15.0

206

 Middle

20.6

672

20.4

583

22.3

647

15.0

234

19.2

292

17.6

241

 Richer

19.9

652

22.8

652

22.0

638

26.2

409

24.9

379

23.1

316

 Richest

20.4

669

18.3

524

20.3

587

38.3

598

33.3

506

29.5

404

Occupation

 Not working

9.5

311

8.8

252

13.0

380

51.6

806

52.1

792

45.4

622

 Prof/managerial

8.5

278

11.5

330

6.8

197

13.5

211

18.2

277

12.5

171

 Sales/trade

30.6

1002

39.7

1136

42.9

1240

16.0

250

14.4

219

23.9

328

 Agric

37.4

1224

32.0

910

23.9

691

7.2

113

6.6

101

7.3

100

 Manual

14.0

456

8.0

231

13.4

390

11.7

183

8.7

132

10.9

149

Type of locality

 Urban

41.7

1365

43.9

1255

51.7

1498

64.8

1013

59.5

905

61.4

841

 Rural

58.3

1906

56.1

1604

48.3

1400

35.2

550

40.5

616

38.6

529

Ethnicity

 Akan

50.0

1634

50.5

1446

51.7

1499

53.6

838

52.9

806

50.4

690

 Ga/Adangme

8.7

285

6.4

182

7.3

211

8.8

137

8.7

132

8.8

121

 Ewe

13.3

437

13.0

372

12.9

373

14.1

220

12.1

184

13.7

188

 Mole-Dagbani

13.1

429

17.0

485

14.1

410

8.8

137

12.8

195

13.9

191

 Gurma

2.5

82

3.6

103

5.8

168

1.7

27

3.2

48

5.5

75

 Others

12.4

404

9.5

271

8.2

237

13.0

204

10.3

156

7.7

105

Number of children

 1

20.1

658

19.8

565

19.3

558

-

-

-

-

-

-

 2

16.9

553

19.4

556

20.1

582

-

-

-

-

-

-

 3

16.3

532

16.7

477

17.4

506

-

-

-

-

-

-

 4

12.9

424

15.1

431

14.1

409

-

-

-

-

-

-

 5

10.8

351

10.4

296

11.2

325

-

-

-

-

-

-

 6

8.8

288

7.5

213

8.3

239

-

-

-

-

-

-

 7+

14.2

465

11.2

321

9.6

279

-

-

-

-

-

-

BMI group

 Underweight

8.0

262

6.8

193

4.1

119

12.0

187

12.1

185

10.6

145

 Normal

61.9

2025

57.2

1636

48.0

1392

72.8

1138

69.4

1055

65.8

902

 Overweight

19.6

640

23.9

685

28.3

820

12.3

192

14.5

221

17.4

239

 Obese

10.5

344

12.1

345

19.6

567

2.9

46

4.0

60

6.2

84

 Total

100

3271

100

2859

100

2898

100

1563

100

1521

100

1370