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