Demographic characteristics

Body Mass Index Status

Chi-square

P-value

Adjusted

Normal

Overweight

Obese

aOR

95% CI

P-value

Age in years

<0.001***

<0.001***

18 - 35

26 (31.33)

29 (34.94)

28 (33.73)

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36 - 55

15 (10.2)

33 (22.45)

99 (67.35)

4.28

1.98 - 9.24

56 - 67

3 (8.33)

10 (27.78)

23 (63.89)

5.09

1.71 - 10.14

Educational level

0.012*

0.611

None

2 (5.41)

12 (32.43)

23 (62.16)

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Primary

6 (13.04)

9 (19.57)

31 (67.39)

1.2

0.46 - 3.12

JHS/Form 4

14 (14.58)

22 (22.92)

60 (62.5)

0.89

0.39 - 2.03

SHS/Vocational

20 (28.57)

21 (30)

29 (41.43)

0.59

0.23 - 1.50

Tertiary

2 (11.76)

8 (47.06)

7 (41.18)

0.87

0.25 - 3.02

Ethnicity

0.027*

0.024*

Akan

21 (23.33)

28 (31.11)

41 (45.56)

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Ga-dangbe

12 (9.92)

30 (24.79)

79 (65.29)

2.13

1.18 - 3.84

Ewe

11 (22.92)

13 (27.08)

24 (50)

1.31

0.62 - 2.78

Northerner

0 (0)

1 (14.29)

6 (85.71)

8.11

1.04 - 15.98

Marital status

<0.001***

0.004**

Single

17 (58.62)

6 (20.69)

6 (20.69)

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Married

16 (11.11)

42 (29.17)

86 (59.72)

6.87

2.06 - 15.89

Divorced/Separated/widow

6 (10.53)

10 (17.54)

41 (71.93)

8.59

3.01 - 20.7

Cohabiting

5 (13.89)

14 (38.89)

17 (47.22)

4.41

1.28 - 11.26

Household Head

0.120

0.221

Yourself

19 (17.59)

31 (28.7)

58 (53.7)

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Spouse

14 (13.21)

31 (29.25)

61 (57.55)

1.82

0.89 - 3.74

Both

8 (17.78)

7 (15.56)

30 (66.67)

2.47

1.02 - 5.95

Parent

3 (42.86)

3 (42.86)

1 (14.29)

1.59

0.28 - 9.18

Trade

0.823

0.221

Food

23 (19.66)

31 (26.5)

63 (53.85)

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Personal effects

12 (12.9)

28 (30.11)

53 (56.99)

0.9

0.49 - 1.64

Utensils/Plastics

5 (16.67)

8 (26.67)

17 (56.67)

1.16

0.5 - 2.72

Services

4 (15.38)

5 (19.23)

17 (65.38)

2.93

0.98 - 8.71