Research Article
Prevalence and Predictors of Obesity among 7- to 17-Year-Old Schoolchildren in Urban Arusha, Tanzania
Table 1
Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics.
| Participants’ variables | Child sex | Total | Girls | Boys | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Age groups | | | | | | | 7–9 years | 10 | 83.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 12 | 100 | 10–12 years | 116 | 59.8 | 78 | 40.2 | 194 | 100 | 13–15 years | 134 | 55.6 | 107 | 44.4 | 241 | 100 | 16–17 years | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 |
| Parental income per month | | | | | | | Very low income (≤300,000) | 47 | 58.8 | 33 | 41.2 | 80 | 100 | Low income (≤500,000) | 42 | 65.6 | 22 | 34.4 | 64 | 100 | Middle income (≤900,000) | 7 | 43.8 | 9 | 56.2 | 16 | 100 |
| Parental occupation | | | | | | | Businessman | 21 | 61.8 | 13 | 38.2 | 34 | 100 | Entrepreneur | 62 | 70 | 27 | 30 | 89 | 100 | Mason | 1 | 25 | 3 | 75 | 4 | 100 | Peasant | 14 | 66.7 | 7 | 33.3 | 21 | 100 | Public servant | 8 | 72.7 | 3 | 27.3 | 11 | 100 | Student | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 |
| School type | | | | | | | Public school | 215 | 62 | 132 | 38 | 347 | 100 | Private school | 45 | 43.3 | 5 | 56.7 | 104 | 100 |
| Parental education | | | | | | | Tertiary education | 4 | 33.3 | 8 | 66.7 | 12 | 100 | Post-secondary education | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | Secondary education | 9 | 36 | 16 | 64 | 25 | 100 | Primary | 50 | 41.3 | 71 | 58.7 | 121 | 100 | Not educated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 |
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