Factors associated with body mass index among slum dwelling women in India: an analysis of the 2005–2006 Indian National Family Health Survey

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Table 1 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) covariates’ p-values and regression coefficients resulting from multiple linear regression

Covariates	p-value	Coefficients
Frequency of watching television	<0.001	−0.098
Poorer wealth index	<0.001	0.147
Middle wealth index	<0.001	0.175
Richer wealth index	<0.001	0.148
Lives in Tamil Nadu	<0.001	−0.166
Current age of respondent	<0.001	0.242
Lives in Andhra Pradesh	0.004	−0.091
Do you have diabetes	0.009	–0.067
Poorest wealth index	0.013	0.080
Lives in Delhi	0.030	−0.063
Tribe	0.053	0.051
Respondent does nonmanual labor	0.060	−0.054
Lives in West Bengal	0.097	−0.052
Source of drinking water	0.117	−0.048
Toilet facility	0.141	−0.045
Lives in Madhya Pradesh	0.150	0.039
Religion	0.157	0.038
Number of household members	0.180	−0.039
Respondent works at home or away	0.188	−0.036
Not part of caste/tribe	0.220	−0.032
Smokes	0.269	0.029
Household has bicycle	0.319	−0.027
Household has refrigerator	0.325	−0.032
Lifetime parity	0.369	−0.033
Household has electricity	0.570	0.018
Drinks alcohol	0.603	0.014
Household has motorcycle/scooter	0.664	0.013
Household has radio	0.717	0.010
Lives in Uttar Pradesh	0.735	−0.010
Who decides how to spend money	0.756	−0.008
Partner’s education level	0.791	0.008
Highest education level	0.828	−0.007
Respondent does not work	0.966	−0.001
Don’t know if part of caste or tribe	0.998	0