ABSTRACT
Obesity has been defined as a global epidemic with various impacts on social, economic, psychological, and health conditions not only in individuals but also in families. It affects life cycle. The prevalence of overweight and obese adults in Indonesia was quite high, especially among women (32.9 per cent) in 2013. This poses a threat for the Indonesian demographic dividend, considering the female population will reach 152.6 million by 2035. This paper examines the effects of living arrangements and marital status on women’s obesity by analysing the data of 301,119 women aged 15–54 included in Indonesia’s Basic Health Research of 2013. It uses a descriptive analysis and multinomial logistic regression. The regression is controlled for socio-demography and economic characteristics, such as smoking, consumption risk and physical activities. The preliminary results suggest that women living with a spouse plus others are more likely to be obese than women living alone or in other living arrangements. In addition, ‘marital status’ is a significant predictor of obesity. Married women are more likely to be obese than divorced or single women.
