Research Article
Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity among Somalis in Norway and Somaliland: A Comparative Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population in Oslo and Hargeisa.
| | Men, | Oslo, 109 | Hargeisa, 145 | value |
| | Age, mean (SD) | 39.7 (11.7) | 38.2 (16.1) | 0.409 | | Education, (%) | | | | | No education | 0 | 31.7 | <0.01 | | Primary | 10.9 | 15.9 | | Secondary | 52.7 | 21.4 | | University | 36.3 | 31 | | Occuption (%) | | | | | Unemployed | 19.1 | 32.2 | <0.01 | | Employed | 61.8 | 41.3 | | Students | 10.9 | 12.6 | | Others (sick/maternal leave and retired) | 8.1 | 14 | | Marital status (%) | | | | | Not married | 27.3 | 41.4 | 0.02 | | Married | 65.5 | 56.5 | | Others (separate and divorced) | 7.3 | 2.1 |
| | Women, | Oslo, 111 | Hargeisa, 955 |
| | Age, mean (SD) | 37.7 (10.1) | 39.1 (14.1) | 0.312 | | Education (%) | | | | | No education | 2.7 | 66.4 | <0.01 | | Primary | 50.0 | 19.4 | | Secondary | 30.4 | 7.7 | | University | 17 | 6.5 | | Occupation (%) | | | | | Unemployed | 22.7 | 88.5 | 0.01 | | Employed | 24.5 | 6.0 | | Students | 36.4 | 4.1 | | Others (sick/maternal leave and retired) | 16.3 | 1.5 | | Marital status (%) | | | | | Not married | 25.0 | 17.3 | 0.01 | | Married | 64.3 | 78.4 | | Others (separated and divorced) | 10.7 | 4.3 |
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χ2 test for categorical variables and t-test for continuous variables.
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