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Table 1 Nutritional status of prisoners by socio-demographic characteristics of adult prisoners in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia (n = 809)

From: One-fourth of the prisoners are underweight in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Nutritional status

Total (N = 809)

p-value

Not underweight,

n (%); (n = 605)

Underweight,

n (%); (n = 204)

Age (median ± IQR)

30 ± 16

27 ± 16

29 ± 16

 

Sex

   

0.880

 Female

16 (76.2)

5 (23.8)

21

 

 Male

589 (74.8)

199 (25.3)

788

 

Residence

   

0.600

 Rural

339 (75.5)

110 (24.5)

449

 

 Urban

266 (73.9)

94 (26.1)

360

 

Family support

   

0.001*

 No

270 (64.4)

119 (30.6)

389

 

 Yes

335 (79.8)

85 (20.2)

420

 

Marital status

   

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

   

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

   

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

 
  1. *indicates p-value <0.05 from the chi-square test analysis; IQR  Inter Quartile Range