Emerging Nutritional Problem of Adult Population: Overweight/Obesity and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa City Communities, Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Prevalence of obesity by sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Variables (n = 484)
Nutritional status (N = 14)
value
Obese
Nonobese
Number (%)
Number (%)
Age groups
25–34
3 (1.1)
265 (98.9)
0.007
35–44
5 (3.3)
145 (96.7)
45–54
4 (9.5)
38 (90.5)
55–64
2 (8.3)
22 (91.7)
Sex
Male
1 (0.4)
252 (99.6)
0.001
Female
13 (5.6)
218 (94.4)
Marital status
Married
10 (3.7)
258 (96.3)
<0.0001
Single
0 (0)
184 (100)
Divorced
2 ()(10)
18 (90)
Widowed
2 (16.7)
10 (83.3)
Family size
≤4
9 (2.6)
335 (97.4)
>0.05
>4
5 (3.6)
135 (96.4)
Occupation
Housewife
2 (5.4)
35 (94.6)
0.034
Merchant
9 (6.2)
137 (93.8)
GE
2 (1.1)
177 (98.9)
Non-GE
1 (1.3)
79 (98.8)
Other
0 (0)
42 (100)
Monthly income
<8000 birr
5 (2.1)
230 (97.9)
>0.05
≥8000 birr
9 (4.3)
198 (95.7)
Have car
No
7 (2)
349 (98)
0.043
Yes
7 (5.5)
121 (94.5)
Wealth index (SES)
Low
1 (0.6)
169 (99.4)
0.003
Medium
3 (1.8)
164 (98.2)
High
10 (6.2)
137 (93.2)
GE = government employee. SES = socioeconomic status. values refer to the chi-squared test for the difference observed between obese and nonobese participants.
