Factors associated with underweight, overweight, stunting and wasting among primary school-going children participating in a school health initiative in South Africa

Table 4 Sociodemographic characteristics of school-going children and their weight characteristics

Characteristics		Normal weight			At risk of overweight			Overweight
Characteristics		Yes (%)	No (%)	(p-value)	Yes (%)	No (%)	(p-value)	Yes (%)	No (%)	(p-value)
Age Ranges				0.156			0.122			0.633
	3–5	59.1	40.9		20.8	79.2		8.8	91.2
	6–9	62.3	37.7		15.1	84.9		6.4	93.6
	10–12	58.6	41.4		15.2	84.8		8.2	91.8
	≥ 13	52.0	48.0		21.6	78.4		7.2	92.8
Level of education (Grade)				0.017			0.129			0.278
	R	57.0	43.0		18.8	81.3		9.4	90.6
	1	60.3	39.7		13.6	86.4		4.5	95.5
	2	68.0	32.0		16.5	83.5		6.3	93.7
	3	64.5	35.5		10.5	89.5		5.6	94.4
	4	58.1	41.9		15.3	84.7		10.5	89.5
	5	59.8	40.2		18.6	81.4		6.2	93.8
	6	44.3	55.7		25.0	75.0		6.8	93.2
	7	63.4	36.6		18.3	81.7		9.7	90.3
Living arrangement				0.000			0.000			0.747
	Both parents	66.5	33.5		12.3	87.7		7.8	92.2
	Either mother or father	66.9	33.1		12.0	88.0		6.0	94.0
	Other eelatives	65.5	34.5		9.8	90.2		5.7	94.3
	Unspecified	53.1	46.9		22.2	77.8		7.5	92.5
Parents/caregivers’ employment status				0.000			0.001			0.198
	Both parents employed	75.0	25.0		11.0	89.0		5.9	94.1
	Both parents unemployed	62.4	37.6		11.2	88.8		3.2	96.8
	Either mother or father employed	64.0	36.0		12.0	88.0		8.9	91.1
	Social grant	55.4	44.6		20.2	79.8		7.3	92.7

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