From: One-fourth of the prisoners are underweight in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Nutritional status | Total (NÂ =Â 809) | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not underweight, n (%); (n = 605) | Underweight, n (%); (n = 204) | |||
Age (median ± IQR) | 30 ± 16 | 27 ± 16 | 29 ± 16 |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | 0.880 |
 Female | 16 (76.2) | 5 (23.8) | 21 |  |
 Male | 589 (74.8) | 199 (25.3) | 788 |  |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | 0.600 |
 Rural | 339 (75.5) | 110 (24.5) | 449 |  |
 Urban | 266 (73.9) | 94 (26.1) | 360 |  |
Family support | Â | Â | Â | 0.001* |
 No | 270 (64.4) | 119 (30.6) | 389 |  |
 Yes | 335 (79.8) | 85 (20.2) | 420 |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.056 |
 Married | 320 (77.7) | 92 (22.3) | 412 |  |
 Single | 245 (70.6) | 102 (29.4) | 347 |  |
 Divorced/ widowed | 40 (80) | 10 (20) | 50 |  |
Educational status | Â | Â | Â | 0.063 |
 No formal education | 161 (77.4) | 47 (22.6) | 208 |  |
 Primary | 290 (73) | 107 (27) | 397 |  |
 Secondary | 109 (71.2) | 44 (28.8) | 153 |  |
 College and above | 45 (88.2) | 6 (11.8) | 51 |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | 0.003* |
 Unemployed | 86 (66.7) | 43 (33.3) | 129 |  |
 Civil servant | 72 (78.3) | 20 (21.7) | 92 |  |
 Farmer | 316 (79.6) | 81 (20.4) | 397 |  |
 Student | 64 (64) | 36 (36) | 100 |  |
 Others occupation | 67 (73.6) | 24 (26.4) | 91 |  |