Research Article
Overweight and Its Associated Factors among Women of Reproductive Age in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics among women of reproductive age in Dire Dawa, 2021 (n = 542).
| Variables | Level | Frequency | % |
| Age (years) | 20–24 | 203 | 37.5 | 25–29 | 169 | 31.2 | 30–34 | 101 | 18.6 | 35–39 | 51 | 9.4 | 40–44 | 15 | 2.8 | 45–49 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Marital status | Single | 222 | 41.0 | Married | 242 | 44.6 | Widowed | 36 | 6.6 | Divorced | 42 | 7.7 |
| Educational status | Not able to read and write | 166 | 30.6 | Able to read and write | 109 | 20.1 | Primary education | 125 | 23.1 | Secondary education | 116 | 21.4 | College and above | 26 | 4.8 |
| Monthly family income (Birr) | 2,000–5,000 | 122 | 22.5 | 5,000–10,000 | 207 | 38.5 | Above 10,000 | 213 | 39.3 |
| Parity | No child | 231 | 42.6 | 1–2 children | 113 | 20.8 | 3–4 children | 102 | 18.8 | >4 children | 96 | 17.7 |
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