Table 1 BMI distribution of the study sample and types of assets owned by their household

BMI category

 Normal weight

67.48

 Overweight

22.40

 Obese

10.12

Type of household asset (owned)

Recreation

 Television

47.85

 DVD/VCD

28.33

 Computer

6.71

Transportation

 Car/Truck

8.70

 Motorcycle

5.91

 Bicycle

29.69

Labour saving

 Refrigerator

30.89

 Washing machine

0.75

Household asset index

Categorical

 0

33.03

 1

23.80

 2

15.53

 3

14.24

 4

7.86

 5

3.74

 6

1.46

 7

0.33

Continuous (Mean)

1.59

Total N (weighted)

4010