Decomposing the rural-urban disparities in overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Nigeria

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 Percentage distribution of the respondents according to overweight and obesity by background characteristics, 2018

Background Characteristics	Overweight and Obesity
Background Characteristics	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	χ²	p-value
Total	3628	27.2
Household poverty-wealth
Poor	617	13.1	988	< 0.001
Middle	719	24.3
Rich	2292	40.4
Age
15–24	535	11.5	1039.1	< 0.001
25–34	1256	29.8
35–49	1837	41.2
Education
None	653	15.8	600.2	< 0.001
Primary	648	30.1
Secondary	1662	29.3
Tertiary	665	48.2
Marital Status
Never Married	528	15.4	346.9	< 0.001
Currently Married	2791	30.7
Previously Married	309	38.1
Religion
Christianity	2467	35.2	488.8	< 0.001
Muslim	1123	18.1
Other	38	30.7
Occupation Status
Unemployed	826	18.3	277.4	< 0.001
Employed	2802	31.8
Media Exposure
Not Exposed	630	15.1	454.3	< 0.001
Exposed	2998	32.8
Contraceptive use
User	2638	23.8	379.7	< 0.001
None-User	990	43.8
Number of living Children
None	561	15.4	397.5	< 0.001
One	426	25.6
Two	504	30.1
Three	509	32.3
Four	536	35.6
Five and above	1092	33.2
Place of Residence
Urban	1994	35.5	340.1	< 0.001
Rural	1634	21.1
Region
North Central	674	27.1	646.2	< 0.001
North East	358	15.8
North West	437	15.6
South East	716	37.1
South South	705	39.4
South West	738	35.7

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