Table 3 Trend of overweight and obesity among urban women by selected characteristics in 2005, 2011, and 2016, Ethiopia
Characteristics | Survey years | Point difference in overweight/obesity rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EDHS 2005 N = 1112 | EDHS 2011 N = 3569 | EDHS 2016 N = 3071 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | |
2011–2005 | 2016–2011 | 2016–2005 | ||||
Sex of household head | ||||||
 Female | 14.7 | 11.3 | 20.8 | − 3.4 | 9.5 | 6.1 |
 Male | 13.8 | 17.5 | 22.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 8.2 |
Age in years | ||||||
 15–24 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
 25–49 | 21.2 | 22.1 | 30.0 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
Religion | ||||||
 Orthodox | 14.1 | 13.6 | 21.8 | − 0.5 | 8.2 | 7.7 |
 Muslim | 16.6 | 18.0 | 22.7 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
 Protestant | 12.6 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 7.0 |
 Others | 7.8 | 7.7 | 18.3 | − 0.1 | 10.6 | 10.5 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Never married | 8.4 | 7.4 | 11.2 | − 1.0 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
 Married | 21.1 | 22.1 | 29.7 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 8.6 |
 Widowed/divorced | 15.5 | 15.3 | 25.6 | − 0.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
Education status of women | ||||||
 No | 11.5 | 13.7 | 18.9 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 7.4 |
 Primary | 10.6 | 13.1 | 21.7 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 11.1 |
 Secondary | 16.9 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
 Higher | 19.2 | 19.4 | 25.3 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
Employment status of the women | ||||||
 Not employed | 12.0 | 13.7 | 17.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
 Formal employee | 18.5 | 17.2 | 26.1 | − 1.3 | 8.9 | 7.6 |
 Non-formal employee | 5.0 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
Wealth index | ||||||
 Poor | 0.0 | 2.8 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 9.3 |
 Middle | 0.4 | 0 | 21.1 | − 0.4 | 21.1 | 20.7 |
 Rich | 14.5 | 15.4 | 31.4 | 0.9 | 16.0 | 19.9 |