Table 4 Prevalence of obesity by income, education, smoking and physical activity level (N = 63,582).
Characteristic | Survey year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
% (95 CI) | ||||
Education (missing = 1445) | ||||
No diploma or other | 26.7 (20.6–32.9) | 26.8 (21.8–31.8) | 20.1 (15.8–24.5) | 29.6 (24.5–34.8) |
General education certificate, Primary education certificate, School–leaving certificate | 24.2 (19.7–28.7) | 26.3 (22.3–30.2) | 22.1 (18.4–25.8) | 23.5 (19.8–27.3) |
Certificate of professional competence, vocational training certificate | 20.9 (18.3–23.5) | 20.0 (18.0–22.0) | 20.6 (18.4–22.8) | 22.0 (19.8–24.2) |
Baccalaureate or equivalent diploma | 14.3 (11.9–16.8) | 14.2 (12.4–16.0) | 13.8 (11.8–15.7) | 16.4 (14.4–18.3) |
Baccalaureate + 2 or 3 years | 10.1 (8.4–11.8) | 10.8 (9.4–12.2) | 12.0 (10.5–13.5) | 11.8 (10.5–13.1) |
Baccalaureate + 4 years | 7.7 (5.1–10.4) | 10.8 (8.3–13.9) | 13.1 (9.7–16.6) | 9.6 (7.1–12.2) |
Baccalaureate + 5 years and more | 5.4 (4.3–6.6) | 7.5 (6.2–8.8) | 7.5 (6.1–8.8) | 7.4 (6.3–8.5) |
Income | ||||
Less than 1000 € | 19.7 (15.9–23.6) | 19.7 (16.7–22.8) | 16.8 (14.0–19.6) | 19.4 (16.4–22.4) |
From 1000 € to less than 1500 € | 18.5 (14.8–22.2) | 18.2 (15.4–21.0) | 18.9 (15.8–21.9) | 19.3 (16.4–22.2) |
From 1500 € to less than 2100 € | 14.5 (11.8–17.2) | 16.9 (14.6–19.3) | 14.4 (12.1–16.8) | 19.1 (16.7–21.6) |
From 2100 € to less than 2800 € | 14.6 (12.3–16.8) | 16.1 (14.1–18.1) | 17.6 (15.2–20.0) | 16.7 (14.7–18.7) |
From 2800€ to 4200€ | 13.4 (11.6–15.2) | 11.8 (10.5–13.1) | 12.9 (11.5–14.3) | 13.6 (12.2–15.0) |
Don't know the answer | Less than 10 cases | 22.6 (13.4–31.8) | 14.2 (6.4–22.0) | 21.5 (13.4–29.6) |
Don't want to answer | 12.2 (8.2–16.1) | 16.5 (12.1–20.8) | 20.8 (16.5–25.1) | 16.8 (12.8–20.9) |
4200€ and over | 9.0 (7.3–10.6) | 10.0 (8.5–11.4) | 9.0 (7.6–10.4) | 9.1 (7.8–10.3) |
Smoking status (missing = 3207) | ||||
Non-smokers | 13.9 (12.4–15.4) | 14.5 (13.3–15.8) | 13.6 (12.4–14.9) | 13.7 (12.6–14.8) |
Smokers | 10.5 (8.6–12.4) | 11.3 (9.7–12.9) | 10.5 (9.0–11.9) | 11.2 (9.7–12.7) |
Ex-smokers | 16.1 (14.4–17.9) | 17.7 (16.1–19.2) | 18.3 (16.6–20.0) | 19.5 (17.9–21.1) |
Physical activity level (missing = 2617) | ||||
Low | 17.9 (15.8–19.9) | 20.0 (18.4–21.6) | 18.7 (17.0–20.4) | 19.6 (18.0–21.2) |
Moderate | 13.2 (11.8–14.6) | 12.6 (11.5–13.7) | 13.3 (12.1–14.5) | 14.2 (13.0–15.4) |
High | 9.0 (7.4–10.6) | 9.9 (8.5–11.4) | 11.1 (9.6–12.7) | 10.6 (9.2–12.0) |
