Table 3 Self perception on health, weight status of respondents and partners
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Self perception on health (n = 421) | Very healthy | 107 | 25.4 |
Healthy | 174 | 41.3 | |
Moderately healthy | 100 | 23.8 | |
Not well | 40 | 9.5 | |
Current weight status of respondents (n = 421) | Planning to lose weight | 405 | 96.2 |
Satisfied with current weight | 16 | 3.8 | |
Hierarchy of priority in life of respondents (n = 419) | Physical healthy | 229 | 54.7 |
Happy family | 124 | 29.6 | |
Self-happiness | 37 | 8.8 | |
Wealthy | 14 | 3.3 | |
Modest living | 10 | 2.4 | |
Emotionally healthy | 4 | 1.0 | |
Higher educational | 1 | 0.2 | |
Current status of spouse’s body weight (n = 366) | Obese | 65 | 17.8 |
Overweight | 3 | 0.8 | |
Normal | 243 | 66.4 | |
Thin | 54 | 14.8 | |
Very thin | 1 | 0.3 | |
Expectation on spouse (n = 366) | Lose weight | 73 | 19.9 |
Maintain current weight | 259 | 70.8 | |
Gain weight | 34 | 9.3 | |
TOTAL | 366 | 100.0 | |
Preferred body weight of sexual partners of respondents (n = 421) | Obese | 2 | 0.5 |
Overweight | 8 | 1.9 | |
Normal | 403 | 95.7 | |
Thin | 8 | 1.9 |