Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants by nutritional status (N = 350)
Variable | N (%) | Nutritional status | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight NÂ =Â 64 | Normal NÂ =Â 149 | Overweight/Obese NÂ =Â 137 | Â | ||
Age Mean (SD) | 38.9 (9.1) | 0.03 | |||
 18–34 years | 113 (32.3) | 19 (16.8) | 52 (46.0) | 42 (37.2) |  |
 35–51 years | 202 (57.7) | 33 (16.3) | 90 (44.6) | 79 (39.1) |  |
 52–68 years | 35 (10.0) | 12 (34.3) | 7 (20.0) | 16 (45.7) |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.09 |
 Male | 200 (57.1) | 37 (18.5) | 94 (47.0) | 69 (34.5) |  |
 Female | 150 (42.9) | 27 (18.0) | 55 (36.7) | 68 (45.3) |  |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.90 |
 Upper caste | 159 (45.4) | 28 (17.6) | 70 (44.0) | 61 (38.4) |  |
 Disadvantaged janajatis | 95 (27.1) | 18 (18.9) | 40 (42.1) | 37 (38.9) |  |
 Relatively advantaged janajatis | 61 (17.4) | 11 (18.0) | 23 (37.7) | 27 (44.3) |  |
 Dalits | 20 (5.7) | 6 (30.0) | 8 (40.0) | 6 (30.0) |  |
 Disadvantaged non dalit terai caste | 13 (3.7) | 1 (7.7) | 7 (53.8) | 5 (38.5) |  |
 Religious minorities | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.01 |
 Married | 242 (69.1) | 34 (14.0) | 104 (43.0) | 104 (43.0) |  |
 Widowed | 53 (15.1) | 13 (24.5) | 22 (41.5) | 18 (34.0) |  |
 Unmarried | 34 (9.7) | 11 (32.4) | 17 (50.0) | 6 (17.6) |  |
 Separated/Divorced | 21 (6.0) | 6 (28.6) | 6 (28.6) | 9 (42.9) |  |
Current residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.47 |
 With family | 305 (87.1) | 54 (17.7) | 127 (41.6) | 124 (40.7) |  |
 Single | 31 (8.9) | 5 (16.1) | 16 (51.6) | 10 (32.3) |  |
 Organization | 12 (3.4) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) | 3 (25.0) |  |
 With friends | 2 (0.6) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.59 |
 No schooling | 97 (27.7) | 19 (19.6) | 40 (41.2) | 38 (39.2) |  |
 Primary | 59 (16.9) | 11 (18.6) | 23 (39.0) | 25 (42.4) |  |
 Lower secondary | 69 (19.7) | 11 (15.9) | 37 (53.6) | 21 (30.4) |  |
 Secondary/Higher Secondary | 109 (31.1) | 20 (18.3) | 45 (41.3) | 44 (40.4) |  |
 Graduate/Post-graduate | 16 (4.6) | 3 (18.8) | 4 (25.0) | 9 (56.3) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.01 |
 Household work | 87 (24.9) | 19 (21.8) | 28 (32.2) | 40 (46.0) |  |
 Employee at private | 74 (21.1) | 18 (24.3) | 32 (43.2) | 24 (32.4) |  |
 Labor | 71 (20.3) | 12 (16.9) | 41 (57.7) | 18 (25.4) |  |
 Business | 56 (16.0) | 6 (10.7) | 20 (35.7) | 30 (53.6) |  |
 Agriculture | 38 (10.9) | 3 (7.9) | 20 (52.6) | 15 (39.5) |  |
 Government employee | 12 (3.4) | 2 (16.7) | 4 (33.3) | 6 (50.0) |  |
 Unemployed | 12 (3.4) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) |  |
Economic status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.12 |
 Upper middle | 61 (17.4) | 11 (18.0) | 21 (34.4) | 29 (47.5) |  |
 Lower middle | 89 (25.4) | 15 (16.9) | 35 (39.3) | 39 (43.8) |  |
 Upper lower | 196 (56.0) | 37 (18.9) | 93 (47.4) | 66 (33.7) |  |
 Lower | 4 (1.1) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (75.0) |  |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.04 |
 Yes | 82 (23.4) | 22 (26.8) | 40 (48.8) | 20 (24.4) |  |
 No | 268 (76.6) | 42 (15.7) | 109 (40.7) | 117 (43.7) |  |
Alcohol drinking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.50 |
 Yes | 28 (8.0) | 6 (21.4) | 9 (32.1 | 13 (46.4) |  |
 No | 322 (92.0) | 58 (18.0) | 140 (43.5) | 124 (38.5) |  |