Research Article
Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among High School Students in Bahir Dar City, North West Ethiopia: School Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the high school students in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia, 2014.
| Variables | Categories | Frequencies () | Percentages |
| Sex | Male | 177 | 41.1 | Female | 254 | 58.9 |
| Age in years | <16 | 187 | 43.4 | 16-17 | 100 | 22.5 | 17.1–18 | 91 | 21.8 | >18 | 53 | 12.3 |
| School type | Governmental | 232 | 53.8 | Private | 199 | 46.2 |
| Father’s occupation | Civil servant | 170 | 39.4 | NGO | 69 | 16 | Merchant | 119 | 27.6 | Farmer | 59 | 13.7 | Retired | 14 | 3.2 |
| Mother’s occupation | Civil servant | 131 | 30.4 | NGO | 22 | 5.1 | Merchant | 90 | 20.9 | Farmer | 23 | 5.3 | Retired | 6 | 1.4 | House wife | 159 | 36.9 |
| Mother’s education | Illiterate | 28 | 6.5 | Read and write | 36 | 8.4 | Grade 1 to 8 | 64 | 14.8 | Grade 9 to 12 | 104 | 42.1 | Diploma and above | 199 | 46.2 |
| Family own vehicle | Yes | 75 | 17.4 | No | 356 | 82.6 |
| Family monthly income in USD | <100 | 126 | 29.2 | 100–250 | 128 | 29.7 | 251–400 | 72 | 16.7 | >400 | 81 | 18.8 |
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