Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents
Variables | Variable frequencies (n = 16,624) | |
|---|---|---|
n | (%) | |
Age | ||
15–19 | 1667 | 10.03 |
20–29 | 5846 | 35.17 |
30–39 | 5180 | 31.16 |
40–49 | 3931 | 23.65 |
Marital status | ||
Widowed/divorced/separated | 1014 | 6.10 |
Married | 15,610 | 93.90 |
Nutritional status of women | ||
Underweight (BMI < 18.5) | 3091 | 18.59 |
Normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 23) | 6922 | 41.64 |
Overweight (23 ≤ BMI < 27.5) | 4751 | 28.58 |
Obese (BMI ≥ 27.5) | 1860 | 11.19 |
No of children | ||
1–2 | 9419 | 56.66 |
3–4 | 5073 | 30.52 |
5 and above | 2132 | 12.82 |
Household size | ||
1–4 | 7058 | 42.46 |
5–6 | 5611 | 33.75 |
Above 6 | 3955 | 23.79 |
Ever had any caesarean delivery | ||
No | 15,568 | 93.65 |
Yes | 1056 | 6.35 |
Watching TV (at least once or every day in a week) | ||
No | 7998 | 48.11 |
Yes | 8626 | 51.89 |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | 2999 | 18.04 |
Poorer | 3102 | 18.66 |
Middle | 3382 | 20.34 |
Richer | 3534 | 21.26 |
Richest | 3607 | 21.70 |
Educational status | ||
No education | 4039 | 24.30 |
Primary | 4875 | 29.33 |
Secondary | 6153 | 37.01 |
Higher | 1557 | 9.37 |
Husband's educational status | ||
No education | 4766 | 28.67 |
Primary | 4503 | 27.09 |
Secondary | 4884 | 29.38 |
Higher | 2471 | 14.86 |
Rural | 10,860 | 65.33 |
Urban | 5764 | 34.67 |
Region | ||
Barisal | 1982 | 11.92 |
Chittagong | 2639 | 15.87 |
Dhaka | 2893 | 17.40 |
Khulna | 2460 | 14.80 |
Rajshahi | 2380 | 14.32 |
Rangpur | 2389 | 14.37 |
Sylhet | 1881 | 11.31 |
Combination of women’s education and their husband’s education | ||
Higher educated women with higher educated husband/partner | 1495 | 8.99 |
Higher educated women with lower educated husband/partner | 62 | 0.37 |
Lower educated women with higher educated husband/partner | 1326 | 7.98 |
Lower educated women with lower educated husband/partner | 13,741 | 82.66 |