Table 2

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

	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	18 473	0.75	25 454	0.7	87 695	0.64	28 669	0.83	25 285	0.74
Overweight/obese	6048	0.25	10 808	0.3	49 443	0.36	5981	0.17	8732	0.26
Age 15–29 years	8950	0.36	12 401	0.34	41 893	0.31	17 434	0.5	15 581	0.46
Age 30–39 years	9253	0.38	13 954	0.38	52 032	0.38	8652	0.25	8742	0.26
Age 40–49 (54 males)	6318	0.26	9907	0.27	43 213	0.32	8564	0.25	9694	0.28
No education	6493	0.26	9048	0.25	28 878	0.21	3016	0.09	2884	0.08
Primary	4025	0.16	4959	0.14	16 818	0.12	4143	0.12	3407	0.1
Secondary	8814	0.36	16 655	0.46	67 583	0.49	19 902	0.57	19 563	0.58
Higher	5181	0.21	5596	0.15	23 859	0.17	7574	0.22	8163	0.24
Low SoL	16 444	0.67	17 263	0.48	33 609	0.25	17 329	0.5	8773	0.27
Middle SoL	5682	0.23	10 147	0.28	50 027	0.38	9613	0.28	11 925	0.36
High SoL	2310	0.09	8832	0.24	49 540	0.37	7694	0.22	12 389	0.37
Married	22 931	0.94	33 845	0.93	1 28 279	0.94	19 656	0.57	20 375	0.6
Not married	1590	0.06	2417	0.07	8859	0.06	14 994	0.43	13 642	0.4

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