Table 1

Characteristics of rural study participants across NFHS surveys with recorded BMI information

	Women						Men
	NFHS 2 (1998–1999)		NFHS 3 (2005–2006)		NFHS 4 (2015–2016)		NFHS 3 (2005–2006)		NFHS 4 (2015–2016)
	Freq	Proportion	Freq	Proportion	Freq	Proportion	Freq	Proportion	Freq	Proportion
Not overweight/obese	49 596	0.93	42 979	0.9	2 89 482	0.83	32 304	0.93	64 133	0.86
Overweight/obese	3496	0.07	4912	0.1	61 124	0.17	2255	0.07	10 550	0.14
Age 15–29 years	23 888	0.45	19 279	0.4	1 26 796	0.36	16 537	0.48	34 589	0.46
Age 30–39 years	17 488	0.33	16 892	0.35	1 22 520	0.35	8951	0.26	18 965	0.25
Age 40-49 years (54 males)	11 716	0.22	11 720	0.24	1 01 290	0.29	9071	0.26	21 129	0.28
No education	31 724	0.6	24 314	0.51	1 46 302	0.42	6904	0.2	11 709	0.16
Primary	9469	0.18	8417	0.18	55 652	0.16	6620	0.19	10 545	0.14
Secondary	9971	0.19	13 872	0.29	1 31 722	0.38	18 199	0.53	43 737	0.59
Higher	1916	0.04	1285	0.03	16 930	0.05	2824	0.08	8692	0.12
Low SoL	28 408	0.54	21 262	0.44	64 998	0.19	14 615	0.42	11 842	0.17
Middle SoL	18 616	0.35	15 929	0.33	1 20 050	0.36	12 508	0.36	25 338	0.35
High SoL	5869	0.11	10 645	0.22	1 49 191	0.45	7409	0.21	34 202	0.48
Married	49 674	0.94	44 763	0.93	3 31 883	0.95	22 352	0.65	47 948	0.64
Not married	3418	0.06	3128	0.07	18 723	0.05	12 207	0.35	26 735	0.36

BMI, body mass index; NFHS, National Family Health Surveys; SoL, standard of living.