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56.4% of women are overweight in Baku

14 March 2007 [17:19] - TODAY.AZ
PROCON GfK International Research GROUP conducted a study with the aim of finding out interests and lifestyle habits of the inhabitants of Baku city.

The study was conducted among 406 Baku residents during 1-20 February, using Telephone Interviewing Method, APA reports.

56.4% of women said they are suffering overweight, 47% are satisfied with their weight. 43.6% of the men said they are overweight while 53% said they are average.

20% of the respondents said "I don't suffer any disease", of which 63% were men and 37% were women. 42.6% never go to doctor while 50.7% prefer medical treatment.

45.8% said they prefer high salary and financial comfort while choosing a job while 19% said they prefer to choose a job for its harmony with their education, 15.8% for the personnel, 5.9% prefer state service, 3.9% for social prospects. 61.6% said they experience no problem at work, 9.9% complained about low salary, 7% injustice and 5.8% staff disputes.

72.2% said women's working is good while 10.6% object to women labor.

41.9% of the married and divorced respondents said they prefer love while choosing a match, 25.2% prefer character, 15.2% parents' advice, 5.2% higher education and 1.9% financial position.

34.5% don't know any foreign language while 63.8% speaks Russian and 11.3% are good at English.

83% have never been abroad because of their financial position (63%) and not being permitted (6.8%) and lack of passport (1.5%).

39.9% of the respondents save money to buy home, 10.6% for personal problems, 9.4% for doing business and 7.4% for charity.

33% of the respondents said they most watch ATV, 27.3% prefer ANS.
 
63.3% believe ANS’s news, 9.4% don’t believe any TV news, 8.1% trust Lider TV, 5.2% AzTV, 3.7% ITV and 2.2% foreign broadcasters.

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