Prevalence and determinants of overweight/obesity among under-five children in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

Table 1 Background characteristics of the study respondents in SSA

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)		Un weighted percentage
Variables	Categories	Un weighted	Weighted	Un weighted percentage
Maternal age	15–19	11,669	11,361	6.1
	20–34	134,928	134,516	70.2
	35–49	45,535	44,549	23.7
Teenage pregnancy	≥ 20 years	162,726	161,730	84.7
Teenage pregnancy	≤ 19 years	29,406	28,606	15.3
Marital status	Not currently married	10,807	10,213	5.6
Marital status	Married	181,325	180,12	94.4
Mother educational status	No education	77,858	74,981	40.5
	Primary	65,972	65,433	34.4
	Secondary and above	48,302	49,923	25.1
Mother occupational status	Not-working	58,129	56,599	32.7
Mother occupational status	Working	119,514	119,964	67.3
Husband educational status	No education	59,746	57,995	37.2
	Primary	47,407	48,145	29.6
	Secondary and above	53,299	54,022	33.2
Husband occupational status	Not-working	6,893	6,786	4.3
Husband occupational status	Working	154,394	154,673	95.7
Residence	Urban	58,043	60,087	30.2
Residence	Rural	134,089	130,249	69.8
Wealth status	Poor	91,653	84,402	47.7
	Middle	37,395	38,292	19.5
	Rich	63,084	67,642	32.8
Country income	Low income	124,779	125,142	64.9
	Lower middle income	61,009	59,306	31.8
	Higher middle income	6,344	5,888	3.3
Sub-Saharan region	East Africa	81,232	81,373	42.3
	West Africa	70,832	70,231	36.9
	Central Africa	37,699	36,402	19.6
	Southern Africa	2,369	2,330	1.2
Total		192,132	190,336	100

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