Table 2 Covariate-adjusted prevalences of overweight plus obesity (BMI ≥ 25)

 No education

63.4^a ± 3.2

71.4^abc* ± 2.4

74.1^ab# ± 1.7

70.8^a ± 1.8

 Elementary school

66.8^a ± 2.4

71.0^a ± 1.6

76.0^a# ± 0.9

77.3^b# ± 1.0

 Middle school

66.9^a ± 2.6

72.0^ac ± 1.6

73.0^bc# ± 1.2

74.9^c ± 0.9

 High school

67.0^a ± 2.9

75.5^b* ± 1.7

69.7^c ± 1.4

70.7^a# ± 1.3

 College/University

66.2^a ± 4.0

76.0^bc* ± 1.9

64.4^d ± 2.3

64.8^d# ± 1.8

 Single

58.9^a ± 2.8

64.7^a ± 2.0

68.6^a# ± 1.4

68.7^a ± 1.3

 Married/cohabitating

69.5^b ± 2.4

75.7^b* ± 1.3

73.8^b ± 0.9

74.5^b ± 0.7

 Widowed/separated

62.0^ab ± 4.8

70.6^c ± 2.7

71.5^ab ± 1.4

76.0^b* ± 1.4

 Other^†

68.9^a ± 1.9

67.3^a ± 1.7

70.2^a ± 2.2

73.9^a# ± 2.6

 Student

57.7^a ± 5.9

68.9^ab ± 3.8

64.5^a ± 4.6

71.7^a ± 3.3

 Hosekeeper

64.6^a ± 6.9

78.5^b ± 3.6

72.0^a ± 0.9

72.6^a ± 0.7

 Paid worker

67.8^a ± 1.0

70.4^a* ± 0.7

73.4^a# ± 1.0

73.7^a# ± 0.8

Overall prevalence

66.5 ± 2.3

72.7* ± 1.2

72.4^# ± 0.7

73.3 ± 0.6