From: Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among school-aged children in urban Ghana
Total | Private School | Public School | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Child’s sex | ||||||
Male | 1413 | 46.6 | 925 | 51.1 | 488 | 46.7 |
Female | 1617 | 53.4 | 1028 | 48.9 | 648 | 53.3 |
Maternal education | ||||||
None | 174 | 56 | 74 | 3.8 | 100 | 8.8 |
Primary | 1055 | 34.2 | 558 | 28.0 | 497 | 43.5 |
Secondary (JHS/SHS) | 637 | 20.7 | 458 | 23.3 | 179 | 15.7 |
Tertiary | 357 | 11.6 | 287 | 14.8 | 70 | 6.1 |
Do not know | 860 | 27.9 | 572 | 30.1 | 288 | 25.9 |
Maternal occupation | ||||||
Artisan | 515 | 16.7 | 302 | 15.5 | 213 | 18.8 |
Professionala | 380 | 12.3 | 302 | 15.5 | 78 | 6.7 |
Office workerb | 71 | 2.3 | 52 | 2.6 | 19 | 1.7 |
Trading | 1884 | 61.0 | 1140 | 58.4 | 744 | 65.5 |
Not employed | 195 | 6.3 | 126 | 6.4 | 69 | 6.2 |
Do not know | 44 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.1 |
Household size | ||||||
≤ 3 | 309 | 10.0 | 200 | 10.2 | 109 | 9.5 |
4–6 | 1785 | 57.8 | 1121 | 57.7 | 664 | 58.8 |
7–9 | 810 | 26.2 | 505 | 25.7 | 305 | 26.6 |
≥10 | 185 | 6.0 | 127 | 6.4 | 58 | 5.1 |
Household socioeconomic status factor 1 c | ||||||
Low | 1027 | 33.7 | 575 | 30.0 | 451 | 40.3 |
Medium | 981 | 32.2 | 725 | 37.7 | 256 | 22.6 |
High | 1037 | 34.1 | 621 | 32.3 | 416 | 37.1 |
Household socioeconomic status factor 2 d | ||||||
Low | 1199 | 39.4 | 603 | 31.3 | 596 | 53.3 |
Medium | 825 | 27.1 | 501 | 26.1 | 324 | 28.9 |
High | 1021 | 33.5 | 818 | 42.6 | 203 | 17.7 |