Body Weight, Obesity Perception, and Actions to Achieve Desired Weight among Rural and Urban Ghanaian Adults

Table 4

Differences by community and gender on body weight perceptions.

Perceptions of weight	Rural	Urban	value	Male	Female	value
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)		Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Current weight	5 (3)	5 (2)	0.205	5 (2)	5 (3)	0.763
Desired weight	4 (2)	4 (2)	0.323	4 (1)	4 (2)	<0.001
Ideal weight for gender	4 (2)	4 (2)	0.578	4 (1)	4 (2)	0.008
Unhealthiest	9 (1)	9 (0.25)	0.021	9 (1)	9 (1)	0.543
Ideal for opposite sex	4 (1)	5 (1)	0.435	4 (2)	5 (1)	<0.001
Wealthy man	6 (3)	6 (2)	<0.001	6 (2)	6 (2)	0.184
Wealthy woman	6 (2)	5 (2)	<0.001	5 (1)	6 (2)	0.590
Woman with children no more reproducing	5 (2)	5 (2)	0.841	5 (2)	5 (2)	0.328
Woman with children still reproducing	4 (2)	3 (1)	0.242	4 (1)	4 (2)	0.796
Woman without children	3 (2)	3 (2)	0.075	3 (2)	3 (2)	0.066

Median figure chosen for different perception responses.