Table 1 Percentage of rural and urban ever-married women distributed by selected background characteristics: 2011 BDHS
From: Malnutrition and non-communicable diseases among Bangladeshi women: an urban–rural comparison
Variables | Levels | Percentages of respondents | |
|---|---|---|---|
Rural (11 832) | Urban (4194) | ||
Geographical region | Barisal | 6.1 (0.4) | 3.5 (0.6) |
Chittagong | 18.2 (0.7) | 17 (1.1) | |
Dhaka | 25.9 (0.8) | 50.2 (1.5) | |
Khulna | 13.2 (0.6) | 10.2 (0.9) | |
Rajshahi | 16.8 (0.7) | 10 (0.9) | |
Rangpur | 13.8 (0.6) | 5.9 (0.7) | |
Sylhet | 5.9 (0.4) | 3.2 (0.5) | |
Respondent’s level of education | Illiterate | 31.8 (0.8) | 20.3 (1.2) |
Primary | 31.6 (0.8) | 25.7 (1.3) | |
Secondary | 32.4 (0.8) | 38.9 (1.5) | |
Higher | 4.2 (0.4) | 15.1 (1.1) | |
Partner’s level of education | Illiterate | 36.0 (0.9) | 20 (1.2) |
Primary | 28.1 (0.8) | 23.4 (1.3) | |
Secondary | 26.4 (0.8) | 31.6 (1.4) | |
Higher | 9.5 (0.5) | 24.9 (1.3) | |
Respondent’s access to mass media | No access | 43.5 (0.9) | 12.1 (1) |
Have access | 56.5 (0.9) | 87.9 (1) | |
Household wealth status | Poor | 47.4 (0.9) | 10.6 (0.9) |
Middle | 43.4 (0.9) | 33.6 (1.4) | |
Rich | 9.3 (0.5) | 55.8 (1.5) | |
Age of respondent at interview | Up to 20 years | 13.5 (0.6) | 12.5 (1) |
21–30 years | 37.1 (0.9) | 37.7 (1.5) | |
31–40 years | 29.4 (0.8) | 29.1 (1.4) | |
41–49 years | 20.1 (0.7) | 20.6 (1.2) | |
Age of respondent at first marriage | Up to 15 years | 43.8 (0.9) | 35.3 (1.4) |
15–17 years | 38.5 (0.9) | 36.5 (1.5) | |
18+ years | 17.7 (0.7) | 28.2 (1.4) | |
Age of respondent at first birth | Up to 16 years | 38.2 (0.9) | 31.4 (1.4) |
17–19 years | 34.6 (0.9) | 31.8 (1.4) | |
20+ years | 19.6 (0.7) | 27.1 (1.3) | |
Total children ever born | No birth | 7.5 (0.5) | 9.7 (0.9) |
1–2 births | 42.7(0.9) | 52.2 (1.5) | |
3–4 births | 32.7 (0.8) | 28.3 (1.4) | |
5 + births | 17.1 (0.7) | 9.8 (0.9) | |
Marital duration | Up to 5 years | 17.2 (0.7) | 19.1 (1.2) |
6–13 years | 27.9 (0.8) | 29.5 (1.4) | |
14–23 years | 29 (0.8) | 27.5 (1.4) | |
24+ years | 25.9 (0.8) | 23.8 (1.3) | |
