Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2011
From: Prevalence and determinants of obesity among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
| Variable | All (N=446) | Boys (N=209) | Girls (N=237) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD | (n)% | Mean±SD | (n)% | Mean±SD | (n)% | ||
| Age in years | 11.1±2.0 | 11.3±2.1 | 11.1±2.0 | 0.591 | |||
| Place of residence | 0.294 | ||||||
| Rural | 197 (44.2) | 98 (46.9) | 99 (41.8) | ||||
| Urban | 249 (55.8) | 111 (53.1) | 138 (58.2) | ||||
| Religion | 0.777 | ||||||
| Christian | 225 (50.4) | 107 (51.2) | 118 (49.8) | ||||
| Muslim | 221 (49.6) | 102 (48.8) | 119 (50.2) | ||||
| Number of adults (≥18yrs) | 6.2±2.2 | 6.3±2.3 | 6.2±2.0 | 0.949 | |||
| Number of children (<18yrs) | 3.2±2.1 | 3.0±1.6 | 3.3±2.5 | 0.307 | |||
| Education level of mother | 0.014 | ||||||
| No formal | 27 (6.3) | 11 (5.5) | 16 (6.9) | ||||
| Primary | 144 (33.3) | 67 (33.3) | 77 (33.3) | ||||
| Secondary | 106 (24.5) | 46 (22.9) | 60 (26.0) | ||||
| College/University | 68 (15.8) | 44 (21.9) | 24 (10.4) | ||||
| No response | 87 (20.1) | 33 (16.4) | 54 (23.4) | ||||
| Occupation of mother | 0.188 | ||||||
| Housewife | 86 (20.2) | 33 (16.8) | 53 (23.1) | ||||
| Business | 183 (43.0) | 82 (41.6) | 101 (44.1) | ||||
| Farmer | 59 (13.8) | 33 (16.8) | 26 (11.4) | ||||
| Government employee | 39 (9.2) | 17 (8.6) | 22 (9.6) | ||||
| Other | 59 (13.8) | 32 (16.2) | 27 (11.8) | ||||
| SBP | 103.9±10.3 | 103.4±10.4 | 104.3±10.2 | 0.111 | |||
| DBP | 65.6±8.2 | 66.4±8.3 | 66.7±8.2 | 0.433 | |||
| BMI | 16.6±4.0 | 16.1±4.04 | 17.0±4.0 | 0.002 | |||