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Table 1 Television exposure and overweight/obesity prevalence by background characteristics of women in Ghana, GDHS: 2014

From: Television exposure and overweight/obesity among women in Ghana

 

No TV in household, no TV exposure (n = 824)

No TV in household, moderate TV exposure (n = 367)

No TV in household, high TV exposure (n = 345)

TV in household, no TV exposure (n = 183)

TV in household, moderate TV exposure (n = 693)

TV in household, high TV exposure (n = 1746)

Overweight/obesity

Total

Characteristic

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

No.

Age group (years)

 15–24

19.0

10.3

11.1

5.0

14.4

40.3

17.6

1445

 25–34

17.4

7.6

7.3

3.0

17.9

46.8

48.4

1242

 35–44

21.4

8.8

6.1

4.9

17.9

41.0

56.2

1062

 45+

25.9

7.8

6.8

5.7

17.7

36.0

52.6

410

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

42.0

40.1

4158

Educational level

 No education

44.2

10.3

7.6

5.1

11.7

21.1

26.8

794

 Primary

24.1

14.3

9.5

4.6

13.4

34.0

37.4

765

 Middle/JHS

14.3

8.2

9.6

4.7

20.0

43.1

42.8

1710

 Secondary/higher

4.8

4.0

5.4

3.0

17.5

65.4

49.2

889

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

42.0

40.1

4158

Marital status

 Never married

16.1

9.7

11.1

4.5

15.8

42.8

22.1

1408

 Married

22.6

6.8

4.4

4.5

18.3

43.4

50.1

1699

 Cohabiting

19.1

9.4

7.5

4.8

13.8

45.4

40.8

585

 Wid/div/sep

21.5

12.9

15.0

3.2

17.1

30.2

57.4

466

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

42.0

40.1

4158

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

62.9

12.1

8.7

3.6

4.9

7.8

12.6

696

 Poorer

37.3

19.0

14.6

4.1

8.6

16.4

24.8

709

 Middle

11.5

13.0

15.8

7.1

18.0

34.6

38.6

863

 Richer

1.3

3.6

3.8

4.5

24.5

62.3

52.5

925

 Richest

1.0

0.2

1.0

2.7

22.4

72.6

60.6

967

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

42.0

40.1

4158

Occupation

 Not working

18.6

9.4

8.7

4.8

14.8

43.8

23.8

968

 Prof/managl/cleric

3.9

3.6

5.3

2.0

22.5

62.8

58.6

348

 Sales/trade

10.9

7.0

7.5

4.7

20.7

49.2

54.6

1535

 Agric

47.3

13.1

9.7

3.9

8.8

17.2

19.7

780

 Manual

18.0

10.6

9.8

5.3

16.1

40.1

45.7

523

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

41.9

40.1

4153

Type of locality

 Urban

6.0

5.6

7.4

4.1

18.5

58.3

49.2

2289

 Rural

36.7

12.8

9.3

4.8

14.4

22.0

28.9

1869

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

42.0

40.1

4158

Parity

 Zero

15.4

9.0

10.2

4.3

15.0

46.0

23.7

1327

 One

12.3

9.3

10.7

4.0

16.9

46.9

39.2

531

 Two

15.0

6.6

7.5

2.7

18.8

49.3

55.1

567

 Three

18.5

8.4

7.3

4.2

18.3

43.3

55.4

495

 Four

21.4

9.8

3.8

6.1

18.8

40.1

50.6

405

 Five

28.0

6.3

8.2

5.2

22.5

29.8

43.1

319

 Six

28.9

14.9

6.9

6.0

12.6

30.7

49.8

237

 Seven or more

47.6

8.5

6.2

4.5

10.6

22.6

35.4

278

 Total

19.8

8.8

8.3

4.4

16.7

42.0

40.1

4158

TV exposure

 No TV in household, no TV exposure

   

20.7

824

 No TV in household, moderate TV exposure

   

25.9

367

 No TV in household, high TV exposure

   

29.2

345

 TV in household, no TV exposure

   

30.3

183

 TV in household, moderate TV exposure

   

50.7

694

 TV in household, high TV exposure

   

51.2

1746

 Total

   

40.1

4158