Complex association between rural/urban residence, household wealth and women’s overweight: evidence from 30 cross-sectional national household surveys in Africa

Table 1 Survey information and selected characteristics for 30 sub-Saharan African countries

DHS Survey	Sample size	Per capita Gross National Income, 2012	Life expectancy at birth, 2012	% urban population in 2012	% women with BMI ≥ 25 2014	Total fertility rate	% adults HIV positive 2012
Benin 2011	13633	760	59	46	34	4.9	1
Botswana 2007	4904	7650	62	62	53	2.7	23
Burkina Faso 2010	6996	670	58	27	26	6	1
Burundi 2010	3807	240	56	11	19	6	1
Cameroon 2011	6644	1190	57	53	37	5	5
Congo Brazzaville 2011/2	4634	2550	59	64	36	5	3
Cote d'Ivoire 2012	3966	1220	53	52	34	5	3
DR Congo 2007	3800	370	52	35	24	6	1
Ethiopia 2011	13675	410	64	17	23	5	1
Gabon 2012	4599	10020	63	86	45	4	4
Ghana 2008	4185	1580	62	53	40	4	1
Guinea 2012	3876	440	58	36	29	5	2
Kenya 2008/9	7187	870	61	24	30	5	6
Lesotho 2009	3593	1480	50	28	45	3	23
Liberia 2007	5757	370	62	48	30	5	1
Madagascar 2009	7153	420	64	33	27	5	1
Malawi 2010	6405	320	59	16	27	6	11
Mali 2006	11304	660	57	36	27	7	1
Mozambique 2011	11318	510	53	31	27	6	11
Namibia 2007	8541	5700	67	39	50	4	13
Niger 2012	3889	390	59	18	23	8	1
Nigeria 2008	26486	2460	54	50	37	6	3
Rwanda 2011	6178	600	65	19	24	5	3
Senegal 2010/1	4820	1030	64	43	34	5	1
Sierra Leone 2008	2960	530	46	40	30	5	2
Swaziland 2008	4371	3100	54	21	49	4	27
Tanzania 2010	8426	570	61	27	30	5	5
Uganda 2011	2201	480	57	16	26	6	7
Zambia 2007	5775	1410	57	40	33	6	13
Zimbabwe 2010	7567	800	58	39	38	4	15
Sample average		1627	58	37	33	5	6
Sub-Saharan Africa		1606	56	37	35	5	5

Sources: World Bank: GNI, Population Size, % urban, Life expectancy, WHO % women with BMI > =25, DHS Total fertility rate, UNAIDS HIV rate

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