Research Article
Determinants of Overweight or Obesity among Men Aged 20–59 Years: A Case-Control Study Based on the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of men aged 20–59, EDHS, 2016.
| Variables | Cases, n (%) N = 610 | Control, n (%) N = 2440 |
| Age category | 20–29 | 131 (21.5) | 935 (38.3) | 30–39 | 212 (34.7) | 735 (30.1) | ≥40 | 267 (43.8) | 770 (31.6) | Marital status | Single | 139 (22.8) | 613 (25.1) | Married | 444 (72.8) | 1736 (71.1) | Separated/divorced/widowed | 27 (4.4) | 91 (3.8) | Religion | Orthodox | 380 (62.3) | 1115 (45.7) | Muslim | 157 (25.7) | 859 (35.2) | Protestant | 63 (10.3) | 424 (17.4) | Othersa | 10 (1.6) | 42 (1.7) | Educational level | No education | 50 (8.2) | 792 (32.5) | Primary | 134 (22.0) | 951 (39.0) | Secondary | 165 (27.0) | 371 (15.2) | Higher | 261 (42.8) | 326 (13.3) | Currently working | No | 35 (5.7) | 198 (8.1) | Yes | 575 (94.3) | 2242 (91.9) | Frequency of watching television | Not at all | 82 (13.5) | 1171 (48.0) | Less than once a week | 95 (15.6) | 629 (25.8) | At least once a week | 433 (70.9) | 640 (26.2) | Frequency of listening radio | Not at all | 142 (23.3) | 1079 (44.2) | Less than once a week | 135 (22.1) | 612 (25.1) | At least once a week | 333 (54.6) | 749 (30.7) | Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine | Not at all | 236 (38.7) | 1676 (68.7) | Less than once a week | 193 (31.6) | 520 (21.3) | At least once a week | 181 (29.7) | 244 (10.0) | Wealth index | Poor | 38(6.3) | 840 (34.4) | Middle | 11 (1.8) | 365 (15.0) | Rich | 561 (91.9) | 1235 (50.6) | Place of residence | Urban | 506 (82.9) | 702 (28.8) | Rural | 104 (17.1) | 1738 (71.2) | Region | Tigray | 37 (6.1) | 237 (9.7) | Afar | 23 (3.8) | 102 (4.2) | Amhara | 23 (3.7) | 363 (14.9) | Oromia | 39 (6.4) | 348 (14.3) | Somali | 29 (4.8) | 143 (5.8) | Benishangul | 24 (3.9) | 181 (7.4) | SNNPRb | 39 (6.4) | 372 (15.2) | Gambela | 31 (5.1) | 160 (6.6) | Harari | 51 (8.4) | 116 (4.7) | Addis Ababa | 232 (38.0) | 252 (10.3) | Dire dawa | 82 (13.4) | 166 (6.8) |
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aCatholic, traditional, and others. bSouth Nation, Nationalities, and People’s Region.
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