Table 4 Crude odds ratio of independent socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among pensioners in Ghana
Variable | N (%) | Crude Odds ratio | 95% Confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Male | 3300 (69.0) | - | - |
Female | 1482 (31.0) | 4.1 | 3.6–4.7 |
Age | |||
Less than 65 | 1664 (37.3) | - | - |
65–69 | 1519 (34.1) | 0.7 | 0.6–0.9 |
70–74 | 793 (17.8) | 0.5 | 0.4–0.6 |
75–79 | 345 (7.7) | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 |
≥ 80 | 137 (3.1) | 0.3 | 0.2–0.5 |
Social class | |||
I [Professional] | 313 (7.1) | 5.6 | 4.2–7.6 |
II [Managerial/technical] | 799 (18.1) | 1.9 | 1.6–2.4 |
III [(N) Skilled non-manual] | 1333 (30.0) | 2.1 | 1.7–2.6 |
III [(M) Skilled Manual] | 402 (9.1) | 1.2 | 0.9–1.5 |
IV [Partly skilled] | 885 (20.0) | 1.4 | 1.2–1.8 |
V [Unskilled] | 694 (15.7) | - | - |
Current Marital status | |||
Never Married | 76 (1.7) | - | - |
Married | 3238 (73.1) | 0.8 | 05–1.2 |
Widow/Widower | 712 (16.1) | 1.5 | 0.9–2.4 |
Divorced | 220 (5.0) | 1.5 | 0.9–2.6 |
Separated | 182 (4.1) | 1.2 | 0.7–2.1 |
Highest Formal Educational Level | |||
None | 493 (12.0) | - | - |
Basic/ MSLC# | 1634 (39.8) | 1.8 | 1.4–2.3 |
Secondary | 630 (15.4) | 2.0 | 1.6–2.7 |
Tertiary | 1177 (28.7) | 3.0 | 2.4–3.8 |
Others | 168 (4.1) | 2.7 | 1.9–3.9 |
Ethnicity | |||
Ga-Dangme | 188 (3.9) | 2.1 | 1.4–3.0 |
Akan | 2283 (47.4) | 1.6 | 1.3–2.0 |
Ewe | 763 (15.9) | 1.5 | 1.2–1.9 |
Guan | 100 (2.1) | 1.5 | 1.0–2.3 |
Mole-Dagomba | 846 (17.6) | 0.7 | 0.5–0.9 |
Other ethnic groups | 633 (13.2) | - | - |
Religion | |||
Christianity | 3894 (86.8) | 0.9 | 0.3–2.4 |
Islam | 480 (10.7) | 0.6 | 0.2–1.5 |
Traditional | 94 (2.1) | 0.1 | 0.0–0.3 |
Others | 19 (0.4) | - | - |