Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants by nutritional status (N = 350)
| Variable | N (%) | Nutritional status | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight N = 64 | Normal N = 149 | Overweight/Obese N = 137 | |||
| Age Mean (SD) | 38.9 (9.1) | 0.03 | |||
| 18–34 years | 113 (32.3) | 19 (16.8) | 52 (46.0) | 42 (37.2) | |
| 35–51 years | 202 (57.7) | 33 (16.3) | 90 (44.6) | 79 (39.1) | |
| 52–68 years | 35 (10.0) | 12 (34.3) | 7 (20.0) | 16 (45.7) | |
| Sex | 0.09 | ||||
| Male | 200 (57.1) | 37 (18.5) | 94 (47.0) | 69 (34.5) | |
| Female | 150 (42.9) | 27 (18.0) | 55 (36.7) | 68 (45.3) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.90 | ||||
| Upper caste | 159 (45.4) | 28 (17.6) | 70 (44.0) | 61 (38.4) | |
| Disadvantaged janajatis | 95 (27.1) | 18 (18.9) | 40 (42.1) | 37 (38.9) | |
| Relatively advantaged janajatis | 61 (17.4) | 11 (18.0) | 23 (37.7) | 27 (44.3) | |
| Dalits | 20 (5.7) | 6 (30.0) | 8 (40.0) | 6 (30.0) | |
| Disadvantaged non dalit terai caste | 13 (3.7) | 1 (7.7) | 7 (53.8) | 5 (38.5) | |
| Religious minorities | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | |
| Marital status | 0.01 | ||||
| Married | 242 (69.1) | 34 (14.0) | 104 (43.0) | 104 (43.0) | |
| Widowed | 53 (15.1) | 13 (24.5) | 22 (41.5) | 18 (34.0) | |
| Unmarried | 34 (9.7) | 11 (32.4) | 17 (50.0) | 6 (17.6) | |
| Separated/Divorced | 21 (6.0) | 6 (28.6) | 6 (28.6) | 9 (42.9) | |
| Current residence | 0.47 | ||||
| With family | 305 (87.1) | 54 (17.7) | 127 (41.6) | 124 (40.7) | |
| Single | 31 (8.9) | 5 (16.1) | 16 (51.6) | 10 (32.3) | |
| Organization | 12 (3.4) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) | 3 (25.0) | |
| With friends | 2 (0.6) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Education | 0.59 | ||||
| No schooling | 97 (27.7) | 19 (19.6) | 40 (41.2) | 38 (39.2) | |
| Primary | 59 (16.9) | 11 (18.6) | 23 (39.0) | 25 (42.4) | |
| Lower secondary | 69 (19.7) | 11 (15.9) | 37 (53.6) | 21 (30.4) | |
| Secondary/Higher Secondary | 109 (31.1) | 20 (18.3) | 45 (41.3) | 44 (40.4) | |
| Graduate/Post-graduate | 16 (4.6) | 3 (18.8) | 4 (25.0) | 9 (56.3) | |
| Occupation | 0.01 | ||||
| Household work | 87 (24.9) | 19 (21.8) | 28 (32.2) | 40 (46.0) | |
| Employee at private | 74 (21.1) | 18 (24.3) | 32 (43.2) | 24 (32.4) | |
| Labor | 71 (20.3) | 12 (16.9) | 41 (57.7) | 18 (25.4) | |
| Business | 56 (16.0) | 6 (10.7) | 20 (35.7) | 30 (53.6) | |
| Agriculture | 38 (10.9) | 3 (7.9) | 20 (52.6) | 15 (39.5) | |
| Government employee | 12 (3.4) | 2 (16.7) | 4 (33.3) | 6 (50.0) | |
| Unemployed | 12 (3.4) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | |
| Economic status | 0.12 | ||||
| Upper middle | 61 (17.4) | 11 (18.0) | 21 (34.4) | 29 (47.5) | |
| Lower middle | 89 (25.4) | 15 (16.9) | 35 (39.3) | 39 (43.8) | |
| Upper lower | 196 (56.0) | 37 (18.9) | 93 (47.4) | 66 (33.7) | |
| Lower | 4 (1.1) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (75.0) | |
| Smoking status | 0.04 | ||||
| Yes | 82 (23.4) | 22 (26.8) | 40 (48.8) | 20 (24.4) | |
| No | 268 (76.6) | 42 (15.7) | 109 (40.7) | 117 (43.7) | |
| Alcohol drinking status | 0.50 | ||||
| Yes | 28 (8.0) | 6 (21.4) | 9 (32.1 | 13 (46.4) | |
| No | 322 (92.0) | 58 (18.0) | 140 (43.5) | 124 (38.5) | |