Emerging Nutritional Problem of Adult Population: Overweight/Obesity and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa City Communities, Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

The sociodemographic characteristics of the adult population in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Variables (n = 484)	Frequency	Percent
Sex
Male	253	52.3
Female	231	47.7
Age groups
25–34	268	55.4
35–44	150	31
45–54	42	8.7
55–64	24	5
Religion
Orthodox	361	74.6
Protestant	71	14.7
Muslim	47	9.7
Other	5	1
Ethnicity
Amhara	259	53.5
Oromo	117	24.2
Tigre	45	9.3
Gurage	35	7.2
Wolaita	22	4.5
Others	6	1.2
Marital status
Married	268	55.4
Single	184	38
Divorced	20	4.1
Widowed	12	2.5
Educational status
No school	16	3.3
Elementary (1–6)	43	8.9
Junior (7-8)	29	6
High school (9–12)	59	12.2
College and above	337	69.6
Occupation
Housewife	37	7.6
Merchant	146	30.2
Government employee	179	37
Non-government employee	80	16.5
Others	42	8.7
Monthly income (birr)
<8000	277	57.2
≥8000	207	42.8
Wealth index tercile (HH)
Low	170	35.1
Medium	167	34.5
High	147	30.4