Does the Frequency of Watching Television Matters on Overweight and Obesity among Reproductive Age Women in Ethiopia?
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants and the prevalence of overweight and obesity across the independent variables, EDHS 2016 (n = 10,074).
Variables
Category
Total
Body mass index (BMI)
value
Normal
Overweight
Obese
n (wt.%)
n (wt.%)
n (wt.%)
n (wt.%)
Age in years
15–24
3867 (37.7)
3555 (39.4)
278 (24.3)
34 (9.1)
<0.001
25–39
4581 (46.6)
3745 (45.5)
628 (55.9)
208 (58.3)
40–49
1626 (15.7)
1234 (15.0)
280 (19.8)
112 (32.6)
Residence
Urban
3903 (24.9)
2746 (20.7)
861 (59.6)
296 (82.8)
<0.001
Rural
6171 (75.1)
5788 (79.3)
325 (40.4)
58 (17.2)
Educational status
No education
4283 (46.8)
3863 (48.7)
334 (31.5)
86 (19.1)
<0.001
Primary
3427 (34.6)
2922 (34.7)
400 (33.3)
105 (35.9)
Secondary
1531 (12.6)
1170 (11.8)
262 (20.0)
99 (22.4)
Higher
833 (5.9)
579 (4.8)
190 (15.3)
64 (22.6)
Marital status
Never in union
2846 (26.9)
2518 (27.6)
278 (22.4)
50 (14.1)
<0.001
Currently in union
6097 (63.2)
5136 (63.1)
717 (63.5)
244 (67.3)
Formerly in union
1131 (9.9)
880 (9.4)
191 (14.1)
60 (18.6)
Occupation
Unemployed
4800 (47.4)
4163 (48.4)
486 (39.8)
151 (30.8)
<0.001
Nonagricultural
3608 (31.8)
2784 (29.3)
634 (52.1)
190 (65.5)
Agricultural
1666 (20.8)
1587 (22.3)
66 (8.2)
13 (3.6)
Wealth index
Poorest
1974 (15.0)
1854 (16.0)
104 (6.4)
16 (2.0)
<0.001
Poorer
1250 (17.0)
1198 (18.2)
41 (6.9)
11 (3.5)
Middle
1284 (18.6)
1228 (20.0)
50 (7.9)
6 (0.4)
Richer
1386 (20.0)
1282 (20.9)
90 (12.7)
14 (7.7)
Richest
4180 (29.4)
2972 (25.0)
901 (66.2)
307 (86.3)
Parity
1
1224 (16.8)
991 (16.7)
182 (19.2)
51 (14.3)
<0.001
2–4
2840 (41.5)
2251 (40.3)
417 (48.2)
172 (64.4)
>4
2490 (41.6)
2190 (43.0)
226 (32.6)
74 (21.4)
Drank alcohol
No
6470 (62.8)
5525 (63.2)
735 (60.5)
210 (56.6)
0.25
Yes
3604 (37.2)
3009 (36.8)
451 (39.5)
144 (43.4)
Frequency of watching television
Not at all
6038 (69.9)
5588 (73.6)
382 (40.7)
68 (17.5)
<0.001
Less than once a week
1251 (12.6)
1029 (12.5)
173 (13.5)
49 (9.8)
At least once a week
2785 (17.5)
1917 (13.9)
631 (45.8)
237 (72.7)
n: frequency; wt.%: weight percentage; value <0.05 is based on the adjusted F, which is a variant of the second-order Rao–Scott adjusted chi-square statistic.
