Table 3 Selected social determinants of health and nutritional status of reproductive-age women (15–49 years) from ten countries in Asia.
Overall | Healthy weight | Obesity | Overweight | Underweight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 743,494 n (%) | N = 424,801 n (%) | N = 49,449 n (%) | N = 134,814 n (%) | N = 134,431 n (%) | |
Household wealth index | |||||
Poor | 286,269 (38.5) | 175,126 (41.2) | 8175 (16.5) | 33,447 (24.8) | 69,521 (51.7) |
Middle | 153,945 (20.7) | 89,227 (21.0) | 9078 (18.4) | 28,391 (21.1) | 27,250 (20.3) |
Rich | 303,280 (40.8) | 160,448 (37.8) | 32,196 (65.1) | 72,976 (54.1) | 37,660 (28.0) |
Women’s education | |||||
No schooling | 163,362 (22.0) | 99,227 (23.4) | 8312 (16.8) | 27,460 (20.4) | 28,362 (21.1) |
Primary school | 99,541 (13.4) | 57,230 (13.5) | 7031 (14.2) | 20,186 (14.9) | 15,093 (11.2) |
Secondary and above | 480,588 (64.6) | 268,343 (63.1) | 34,105 (69.0) | 87,166 (64.6) | 90,975 (67.7) |
Marital status | |||||
Not married | 180,169 (24.2) | 104,792 (24.7) | 3437 (7.0) | 11,572 (8.6) | 60,368 (44.9) |
Currently married | 528,949 (71.2) | 300,521 (70.7) | 42,825 (86.6) | 115,900 (86.0) | 69,703 (51.8) |
Formerly married | 34,376 (4.6) | 19,489 (4.6) | 3187 (6.4) | 7342 (5.4) | 4359 (3.2) |
Women’s age | |||||
15–24 years | 238,199 (32.0) | 140,893 (33.2) | 4674 (9.5) | 16,628 (12.3) | 76,003 (56.6) |
25–34 years | 220,803 (29.7) | 131,280 (31.9) | 14,120 (28.5) | 44,032 (32.7) | 31,370 (23.3) |
35–49 years | 284,493 (38.3) | 152,629 (35.9) | 30,654 (62.0) | 74,153 (55.0) | 27,057 (20.1) |
Parity | |||||
None | 223,203 (30.0) | 130,596 (30.8) | 5896 (11.9) | 18,409 (13.6) | 68,302 (50.8) |
1–4 children | 471,039 (63.4) | 265,606 (62.5) | 39,958 (80.8) | 106,602 (79.1) | 58,874 (43.8) |
>4 children | 49,248 (6.6) | 28,599 (6.7) | 3592 (7.3) | 9803 (7.3) | 7255 (5.4) |
Contraceptive use | |||||
No | 363,962 (48.9) | 207,774 (48.9) | 18,831 (38.1) | 49,578 (36.8) | 87,779 (65.3) |
Yes | 379,516 (51.1) | 217,018 (51.1) | 30,618 (61.9) | 85,235 (63.2) | 46,646 (34.7) |
Place of residence | |||||
Urban | 241,183 (32.4) | 128,791 (30.3) | 25,139 (50.8) | 55,725 (41.3) | 31,529 (23.5) |
Rural | 502,311 (67.6) | 296,011 (69.7) | 24,310 (49.2) | 79,089 (58.7) | 102,901 (76.5) |
Reading magazine | |||||
No | 494,653 (66.5) | 288,858 (68.0) | 28,675 (58.0) | 84,797 (62.9) | 92,324 (68.7) |
Yes | 248,832 (33.5) | 135,941 (32.0) | 20,774 (42.0) | 50,012 (37.1) | 42,106 (31.3) |
Watching television | |||||
No | 197,218 (26.5) | 119,632 (28.2) | 7300 (14.8) | 26,227 (19.5) | 44,059 (32.8) |
Yes | 546,263 (73.5) | 305,162 (71.8) | 42,148 (85.2) | 108,583 (80.5) | 90,371 (67.2) |
