Table 1 Distribution of HIV serostatus, anemia status and sociodemographic factors by BMI, stratified by place of residence among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia, using the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data, (N = 8822)
Variables | Rural | Urban | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight n(%) | Normal n(%) | Overweight n(%) | Underweight n(%) | Normal n(%) | Overweight n(%) | ||
HIV Serostatus | HIV -ve | 1745 (28.9) | 4006 (66.3) | 288 (4.8) | 277 (12.0) | 1218 (52.8) | 813 (35.2) |
HIV + ve | 28 (32.2) | 56 (64.4) | 3 (3.4) | 10 (32.3) | 12 (38.7) | 9 (29.0) | |
| Â | Total | 1773 (28.9) | 4062 (66.3) | 291 (4.8) | 287 (12.3) | 1230 (52.6) | 822 (35.1) |
Parity | ≥ 4 | 605 (29.0) | 1386 (66.5) | 93 (4.5) | 94 (13.1) | 395 (54.9) | 230 (32.0) |
≤ 3 | 1168 (28.9) | 2676 (66.2) | 198 (4,9) | 193 (11.9) | 835 (51.5) | 592 (36.5) | |
Anemia status | Anemic | 623 (32.9) | 1183(62.5) | 86 (4.5) | 86 (18.1) | 259 (54.4) | 131 (27.5) |
Not Anemic | 1122 (27) | 2824 (68.1) | 202 (4.9) | 194 (11.0) | 931 (52.8) | 638 (36.2) | |
Age (years) | ≤ 24 | 384 (34.3) | 708 (63.2) | 29 (2.6) | 80 (25.2) | 197 (62.1) | 40 (12.6) |
|  | 25–34 | 633 (26.0) | 1676 (68.9) | 122 (5.0) | 118 (11.5) | 584 (56.8) | 327 (31.8) |
|  | ≥ 35 | 756 (29.4) | 1678 (65.2) | 140 (5.4) | 89 (9.0) | 449 (45.2) | 455 (45.8) |
Marital status | Single | 230 (31.1) | 468 (63.2) | 42 (5.7) | 79 (13.4) | 316 (53.5) | 196 (33.2) |
Married | 1543 (28.6) | 3594 (66.7) | 249 (4.6) | 208 (11.9) | 914 (52.3) | 626 (35.8) | |
Household head | Male | 1317 (28.1) | 3159 (67.5) | 204 (4.4) | 152 (11.4) | 707 (52.9) | 478 (35.8) |
Female | 456 (31.5) | 903 (62.4) | 87 (6.0) | 135 (13.5) | 523 (52.2) | 344 (34.3) | |
Wealth Index | Poor | 1186 (33.7) | 2202 (62.6) | 132 (3.8) | 28 (27.2) | 66 (64.1) | 9 (8.7) |
Middle | 284 (24.6) | 830 (71.9) | 40 (3.5) | 9 (25.7) | 24 (68.6) | 2 (5.7) | |
Rich | 303 (20.9) | 1030 (70.9) | 119 (8.2) | 250 (11.4) | 1140 (51.8) | 811 (36.8) | |
Educational level | No education | 1306 (29.2) | 2960 (66.3) | 199 (4.5) | 84 (13.7) | 365 (59.6) | 163 (26.6) |
Primary | 375 (26.5) | 977 (69.1) | 61 (4.3) | 109 (12.7) | 462 (53.8) | 288 (33.5) | |
Secondary | 78 (38.2) | 105 (51.5) | 21 (10.3) | 57 (11.0) | 248 (48.1) | 211 (40.9) | |
Higher | 14 (31.8) | 20 (45.5) | 10 (22.7) | 37 (10.5) | 155 (44.0) | 160 (45.5) | |