Table 5 Association of socio-demographic variables with BMI of women of reproductive age, Nepal, 2012 (n = 13,369)
Variables | Malnourished (%a) | Normal (%a) | aORbc (95 % CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Educational Status | Â | Â | Â |
        Illiterate | 561 (18.7) | 2594 (81.3) | 1.0 (0.9,1.1) |
        Informal education | 216 (12.2) | 1732 (87.8) | 0.7 (0.6,0.8)** |
        Formal education | 1673 (20.9) | 6593 (79.1) | 1.0 |
Age (in years) | Â | Â | Â |
        15–24 | 1560 (26.0) | 4649(74.0) | 2.7 (2.5,3.0)** |
        25–34 | 578 (13.6) | 3584 (86.4) | 1.3 (1.2,1.4)** |
        35–49 | 312 (10.9) | 2686 (89.1) | 1.0 |
Employment | Â | Â | Â |
        Unemployed | 1036 (23.5) | 3303 (76.5) | 1.9 (1.5,2.2)** |
        Formal employment | 48 (7.9) | 583 (92.1) | 0.8 (0.6,1.0) |
        Agriculture | 1345 (17.7) | 6879 (82.3) | 1.6 (1.3,1.9)** |
        Manual work | 21 (10.1) | 154 (89.9) | 1.0 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â |
        Dalit | 248 (19.1) | 1090 (80.9) | 0.8 (0.7,0.8)** |
        Disadvantaged janajati | 825 (18.1) | 4184 (81.9) | 0.6 (0.5,0.6)** |
        Disadvantaged non-dalit Terai caste | 258 (23.8) | 800 (76.2) | 0.6 (0.5,0.6)** |
        Religious minorities | 18 (19.1) | 63 (80.9) | 0.4 (0.3,0.5)** |
        Relatively advantaged janajati | 128 (12.0) | 1047 (88.0) | 0.6 (0.5,0.6)** |
        Upper caste | 973 (21.5) | 3735 (78.5) | 1.0 |
Ecological regions | Â | Â | Â |
        Mountain | 54 (6.0) | 834 (94.0) | 0.2 (0.1,0.2)** |
        Hill | 1161 (15.4) | 6670 (84.6) | 0.4 (0.4,0.5)** |
        Terai | 1235 (27.9) | 3415 (72.1) | 1.0 |
Nutrition education by any organizations | |||
        Yes | 1369 (18.6) | 6393 (81.4) | 1.0 |
        No | 1081(20.3) | 4526 (79.7) | 1.1 (1.0,1.2)** |