MULTILEVEL LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING BODY MASS INDEX AMONG BANGLADESHI MARRIED NON-PREGNANT WOMEN

• Published in: Journal of biosocial science Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 498 - 508
• Main Authors: Kamruzzaman, Md, Mamun, A. S. M. A., Bakar, Sheikh Muhammad Abu, Saw, Aik, Kamarul, T., Islam, Md Nurul, Hossain, Md Golam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Bangladesh - epidemiology; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Breastfeeding & lactation; Child; Children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demography; Developing Countries; Educational attainment; Feeding; Female; Health problems; Health Surveys; Humans; Linear Models; Malnutrition; Marriage; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Overweight; Overweight - epidemiology; Pregnancy; Regression analysis; Residence; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural poverty; Sampling; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Spouses; Television; Thinness - epidemiology; Underweight; Wealth; Women; Young Adult; Bangladesh

The aim of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic and demographic factors influencing the body mass index (BMI) of non-pregnant married Bangladeshi women of reproductive age. Secondary (Hierarchy) data from the 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, collected using two-stage stratif...