Table 6.12

Waist-hip ratio (WHR), by social class of head of household within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over with both valid waist and hip measurements						1999
WHR		Social class of head of household
		Men			Women
		Non-			Non-
		manual	Manual		manual	Manual
Observed
Black Caribbean
Mean	0.85		0.89	0.80		0.84
Standard error of the mean	0.01		0.01	0.00		0.01
% high WHRa	6.7		25.2	22.7		42.3
Indian
Mean	0.92		0.92	0.80		0.82
Standard error of the mean	0.01		0.01	0.01		0.01
% high WHRa	39.1		34.8	17.8		31.8
Pakistani
Mean	0.90		0.90	0.81		0.83
Standard error of the mean	0.01		0.01	0.01		0.01
% high WHRa	24.2		29.7	26.5		34.5
Bangladeshi
Mean	[0.88]		0.91	[0.84]		0.84
Standard error of the mean	[0.01]		0.01	[0.02]		0.01
% high WHRa	[10.2]		31.9	[50.5]		41.6
Chinese
Mean	0.88		0.89	0.80		0.82
Standard error of the mean	0.01		0.01	0.01		0.01
% high WHRa	16.3		21.1	18.9		30.9
Irish
Mean	0.92		0.92	0.79		0.83
Standard error of the mean	0.01		0.00	0.00		0.01
% high WHRa	30.8		32.4	16.3		34.8
General population (1998)b
Mean	0.91		0.92	0.79		0.80
Standard error of the mean	0.00		0.00	0.00		0.00
% high WHRa	24.1		32.1	17.6		22.5
Standardised
High WHRa (risk ratio)
Black Caribbean	0.39		0.65	1.68		2.36
Standard error of the ratio	0.13		0.08	0.19		0.19
Indian	1.60		1.43	1.13		2.06
Standard error of the ratio	0.13		0.13	0.15		0.20
Pakistani	1.25		1.53	2.09		2.80
Standard error of the ratio	0.17		0.13	0.28		0.24
Bangladeshi	[0.44]		1.38	[3.84]		3.43
Standard error of the ratio	[0.22]		0.13	[0.45]		0.20
Chinese	0.79		0.78	1.33		2.06
Standard error of the ratio	0.16		0.14	0.25		0.26
Irish	1.23		1.15	1.01		1.77
Standard error of the ratio	0.15		0.13	0.15		0.15
General population (1998)	0.85		1.14	0.89		1.13
Standard error of the ratio	0.03		0.04	0.04		0.05
Mean WHR: ratio of means
Black Caribbean	0.96		0.97	1.02		1.05
Standard error of the ratio	0.01		0.00	0.01		0.01
Indian	1.02		1.02	1.01		1.04
Standard error of the ratio	0.00		0.00	0.01		0.01
Pakistani	1.02		1.02	1.04		1.08
Standard error of the ratio	0.01		0.00	0.01		0.01
Bangladeshi	[0.98]		1.02	[1.09]		1.09
Standard error of the ratio	[0.01]		0.01	[0.02]		0.01
Chinese	0.98		0.98	1.02		1.05
Standard error of the ratio	0.01		0.01	0.01		0.01
Irish	1.01		1.01	1.00		1.03
Standard error of the ratio	0.01		0.00	0.01		0.01
General population (1998)	0.99		1.01	0.99		1.01
Standard error of the ratio	0.00		0.00	0.00		0.00
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	74		169	152		175
Indian	203		229	205		208
Pakistani	81		132	74		121
Bangladeshi	13		55	7		53
Chinese	34		26	45		31
Irish	546		646	812		743
General population (1998)	b		b	b		b
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	110		242	225		257
Indian	228		225	232		210
Pakistani	130		232	123		220
Bangladeshi	44		208	31		217
Chinese	102		87	139		98
Irish	177		227	260		272
General population (1998)	2863		3017	3544		3299

^a High waist-hip ratio for men is 0.95 and over and for women is 0.85 and over.

^b Comparative data for the general population are not available on this topic from the 1999 survey itself, and for this table comparative data have therefore been taken from the 1998 survey, in which no weighting was involved.

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