Table 2 Descriptive statistics for the nutritional categories of respondents in the SLDHS-2019
Underweight | Normal weight | Overnutrition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Freq (n = 7,514) | (Percent) % | Freq (n = 7,514) | (Percent) % | Freq (n = 7,514) | (Percent) % |
Ages (years) | ||||||
15–24 | 289 | 3.85 | 2,137 | 28.44 | 490 | 6.52 |
25–34 | 84 | 1.12 | 1,411 | 18.78 | 681 | 9.06 |
35–49 | 129 | 1.72 | 1,426 | 18.98 | 867 | 11.54 |
Parity | ||||||
Never gave birth | 225 | 2.99 | 1,330 | 17.70 | 340 | 4.52 |
Up to four | 182 | 2.42 | 2,537 | 33.76 | 1,173 | 15.61 |
Five and above | 95 | 1.26 | 1,107 | 14.73 | 525 | 6.99 |
Residence | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Urban | 162 | 2.16 | 1,818 | 24.19 | 1112 | 14.80 |
Rural | 340 | 4.52 | 3,156 | 42.00 | 926 | 12.32 |
Sex of the household head | ||||||
Male | 343 | 4.56 | 3,621 | 48.19 | 1392 | 18.53 |
Female | 159 | 2.12 | 1,353 | 18.01 | 646 | 8.60 |
Household size | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Less than six | 181 | 2.41 | 1,976 | 26.30 | 838 | 11.15 |
Six and above | 321 | 4.27 | 2,998 | 39.90 | 1,200 | 15.97 |
Work status | ||||||
Not working | 191 | 2.54 | 1,529 | 20.35 | 560 | 7.45 |
Working | 311 | 4.14 | 3,445 | 45.85 | 1,478 | 19.67 |
Marital status | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Married | 232 | 3.09 | 3,102 | 41.28 | 1,461 | 19.44 |
Not Married | 270 | 3.59 | 1,872 | 24.91 | 270 | 3.59 |
Region | ||||||
East | 96 | 1.28 | 1,082 | 14.40 | 402 | 5.35 |
North | 153 | 2.04 | 1,305 | 17.37 | 364 | 4.84 |
Northwest | 73 | 0.97 | 724 | 9.64 | 229 | 3.05 |
South | 134 | 1.78 | 1,173 | 15.61 | 524 | 6.97 |
Western | 10 | 0.13 | 690 | 9.18 | 520 | 6.92 |
Level of education | ||||||
No formal education | 211 | 2.81 | 2,399 | 31.93 | 961 | 12.79 |
Primary | 96 | 1.28 | 686 | 9.13 | 235 | 3.13 |
Secondary | 185 | 2.46 | 1,755 | 23.36 | 701 | 9.33 |
Higher | 10 | 0.13 | 134 | 1.78 | 141 | 1.88 |
Wealth index | ||||||
Poorest | 104 | 1.38 | 1,156 | 15.38 | 273 | 3.63 |
Poorer | 120 | 1.60 | 1,053 | 14.01 | 255 | 3.39 |
Middle | 121 | 1.61 | 1,050 | 13.97 | 360 | 4.79 |
Richer | 97 | 1.29 | 974 | 12.96 | 563 | 7.49 |
Richest | 60 | 0.80 | 741 | 9.86 | 587 | 7.81 |
Watching TV | ||||||
Yes | 98 | 1.30 | 1,123 | 14.95 | 688 | 9.16 |
No | 404 | 5.38 | 3,851 | 51.25 | 1370 | 18.23 |
Listening to radios | ||||||
Yes | 152 | 2.02 | 1,967 | 26.18 | 1023 | 13.61 |
No | 350 | 4.66 | 3,007 | 40.02 | 1015 | 13.51 |
Reading of magazines | ||||||
Yes | 29 | 0.39 | 276 | 3.67 | 184 | 2.45 |
No | 473 | 6.29 | 4,698 | 62.52 | 1854 | 24.67 |
Smoking cigarettes | ||||||
Yes | 18 | 0.24 | 139 | 1.85 | 67 | 0.89 |
No | 484 | 6.44 | 4,835 | 64.35 | 1971 | 26.23 |
Alcohol use | ||||||
Yes | 35 | 0.47 | 429 | 5.71 | 203 | 2.70 |
No | 140 | 1.86 | 2,005 | 26.68 | 936 | 12.46 |