Research Article
The Burden of Malnutrition among Adults Residing in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS): A WHO STEPS Survey
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants with different BMI categories, Arba Minch HDSS site, Southern Ethiopia.
| | Characteristics | Categories | Underweight | Normal weight | Overweight | | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Sex | Male | 185 (11.1) | 1353 (80.8) | 136 (8.1) | | Female | 234 (14) | 1213 (72.5) | 225 (13.5) |
| | Age group | 25–34 | 73 (8.5) | 658 (77) | 123 (14.4) | | 35–44 | 91 (10.4) | 688 (78.4) | 99 (11.3) | | 45–54 | 120 (14.8) | 611 (75.2) | 82 (10.1) | | 55–64 | 135 (16.9) | 609 (76) | 57 (7.1) |
| | Residency | Rural | 368 (13.1) | 2191 (78.2) | 242 (8.6) | | Urban | 51 (9.4) | 375 (68.8) | 119 (21.8) |
| | Marital status | Single | 13 (11.2) | 82 (70.7) | 21 (18.1) | | Married | 350 (11.9) | 2288 (77.8) | 303 (10.3) | | Divorced | 3 (17.6) | 12 (70.6) | 2 (11.8) | | Widowed | 44 (18.8) | 162 (69.2) | 28 (12) | | Separated | 9 (23.7) | 22 (57.9) | 7 (18.4) |
| | Educational status | No formal education | 314 (13.5) | 1841 (78.9) | 179 (7.7) | | Primary school | 87 (11.3) | 547 (71.2) | 134 (17.4) | | Secondary and above | 18 (7.4) | 178 (73) | 48 (19.7) |
| | Religion | Protestant | 238 (11.3) | 1603 (76.2) | 263 (12.5) | | Orthodox | 150 (14.2) | 818 (77.6) | 86 (8.2) | | Other | 31 (16.5) | 145 (77.1) | 12 (6.4) |
| | Occupation | Farmer | 187 (10.5) | 1473 (82.8) | 119 (6.7) | | Daily laborer | 42 (16.3) | 189 (73.5) | 26 (10.1) | | Merchant | 12 (8.2) | 92 (63) | 42 (28.8) | | House wife | 134 (14.7) | 639 (69.9) | 141 (15.4) | | Employed at Org | 17 (16) | 69 (65.1) | 20 (18.9) | | Unemployed | 24 (20.2) | 84 (70.6) | 11 (9.2) | | Other | 3 (12) | 20 (80) | 2 (8) |
| | Wealth index | The poorest | 161 (15.5) | 758 (73) | 120 (11.5) | | 2nd quintile | 73 (10.6) | 573 (83) | 44 (6.4) | | Middle quintile | 72 (11.8) | 473 (77.8) | 63 (10.4) | | 4th quintile | 56 (11.7) | 387 (80.8) | 36 (7.5) | | The richest | 57 (10.8) | 375 (70.8) | 98 (18.5) |
| | Food secure | Food secure | 339 (12.4) | 2121 (77.6) | 274 (10) | | Food insecure | 80 (13.1) | 445 (72.7) | 87 (14.2) |
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