Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of overweight reproductive-age women in Chacha and Debre Berhan town 2020
Variables | Overweight women N = 523 | |
|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | |
Age | Â | Â |
 15–24 | 102 | 19.5 |
 25–34 | 212 | 40.5 |
 35–44 | 158 | 30.2 |
 45–49 | 51 | 9.8 |
Religion | Â | Â |
 Orthodox Tewahdo | 465 | 88.9 |
 Protestant | 43 | 8.2 |
 Muslim | 12 | 2.3 |
 Others* | 3 | 0.6 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â |
 Amhara | 507 | 96.9 |
 Oromo | 11 | 2.1 |
 Others** | 5 | 1.0 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
 Married | 299 | 57.2 |
 Single | 181 | 34.6 |
 Divorced | 33 | 6.3 |
 Widowed | 10 | 1.9 |
Educational status | Â | Â |
 No formal education | 23 | 4.4 |
 Primary school | 61 | 11.6 |
 Secondary school | 138 | 26.4 |
 College/university | 301 | 57.6 |
Family monthly income | Â | Â |
Above the poverty line | 451 | 86.0 |
Below poverty line | 72 | 14.0 |