Table 2 Posterior mean estimates for the linear effects of severely thin, underweight, overweight and obesity among women

Place of residence

 Urban

−0.11

[−0.32,0.08]

[−0.02, 0.37]

[0.06, 0.58]

0.14

[−0.08, 0.39]

Education

 Primary

−0.93

[−1.20, −0.65]

[−1.11, −0.36]

[−0.57, 0.29]

−0.38

[−0.86, 0.08]

 Secondary

0.13

[−0.13, 0.40]

[−0.35, 0.27]

[0.15, 0.91]

0.77

[0.29, 1.24]

 Higher

0.87

[0.58, 1.17]

[0.37, 1.47]

[−0.70, 0.38]

−0.14

[−0.70, 0.45]

Household electricity

 Yes

−0.28

[−0.53, −0.02]

[−0.16, 0.65]

[−0.05, 0.83]

0.49

[−0.005, 0.98]

Read newspaper

 Yes

0.17

[−0.13,0.41]

[−0.60, 0.08]

[−0.66, 0.198]

0.06

[−0.48, 0.57]

Listens Radio

 Yes

0.28

[−0.24, 0.69]

[−0.24, 0.61]

[−0.47, 0.53]

0.26

[−0.36, 0.84]

Watch television

 Yes

0.34

[0.19, 0.49]

[−0.089, 0.27]

[−0.125, 0.35]

0.53

[0.27, 0.76]

Bank account

 Yes

−0.27

[−0.55, −0.03]

[−0.70, 0.008]

[−0.22, 0.50]

0.057

[−0.32, 0.45]

Wealth index

 Poorer

−0.17

[−0.45, 0.07]

[−1.21, −0.42]

[−1.30, −0.41]

−0.92

[−1.37, −0.44]

 Middle

−0.59

[−0.91, −0.28]

[−1.01, −0.27]

[−0.50, 0.27]

0.17

[−0.27, 0.62]

 Richer

0.5

[0.16, 0.85]

[0.122, 0.87]

[0.33, 1.17]

0.98

[0.49, 1.46]

 Richest

1.74

[1.38, 2.08]

[1.55, 2.44]

[1.08, 2.12]

1.38

[0.83,1.93]

Working status

 Yes

−0.02

[−0.025, 0.20]

[−0.08, 0.37]

[−0.49, 0.05]

−0.51

[−0.79, −0.23]

Water source

 unprotected

0.25

[0.06, 0.42]

[−0.035, 0.456]

[−0.04, 0.49]

−0

[0.33, 0.31]

Toilet facility

 Unimproved

−0.2

[−0.54, 0.08]

[−0.39, 0.318]

[0.34, 1.06]

0.9

[0.48, 1.33]