Table 2 Percentage of nutritional status for rural and urban ever-married women by background characteristics: 2011 BDHS
From: Malnutrition and non-communicable diseases among Bangladeshi women: an urban–rural comparison
Variables levels | Rural | Urban | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | |
Geographical region | ||||||
Barisal | 29.05 | 61.22 | 9.73 | 16.52 | 56.53 | 26.95 |
Chittagong | 24.20 | 60.08 | 15.72 | 17.11 | 58.21 | 24.68 |
Dhaka | 32.65 | 57.59 | 9.75 | 10.34 | 59.02 | 30.64 |
Khulna | 20.07 | 63.67 | 16.26 | 15.09 | 52.13 | 32.78 |
Rajshahi | 26.78 | 60.30 | 12.92 | 15.37 | 56.63 | 27.99 |
Rangpur | 28.25 | 62.94 | 8.82 | 19.17 | 58.72 | 22.11 |
Sylhet | 38.26 | 51.69 | 10.06 | 19.55 | 51.38 | 29.08 |
Respondent’s level of education | ||||||
Illiterate | 32.03 | 59.14 | 8.83 | 19.81 | 58.82 | 21.36 |
Primary | 29.38 | 59.88 | 10.74 | 16.90 | 59.27 | 23.83 |
Secondary | 24.55 | 60.29 | 15.16 | 11.22 | 57.47 | 31.31 |
Higher | 13.17 | 63.01 | 23.76 | 5.20 | 53.37 | 41.43 |
Partner’s level of education | ||||||
Illiterate | 33.79 | 58.51 | 7.70 | 21.05 | 61.13 | 17.82 |
Primary | 28.94 | 61.18 | 9.88 | 16.15 | 60.50 | 23.35 |
Secondary | 23.67 | 60.13 | 16.21 | 12.93 | 58.88 | 28.19 |
Higher | 14.98 | 60.92 | 24.10 | 5.71 | 50.36 | 43.93 |
Respondent’s access to mass media | ||||||
No access | 32.55 | 60.05 | 7.40 | 25.49 | 62.27 | 12.23 |
Have access | 24.44 | 59.81 | 15.75 | 11.86 | 56.94 | 31.20 |
Household wealth status | ||||||
Poor | 35.12 | 59.13 | 5.75 | 32.98 | 60.12 | 6.90 |
Middle | 23.93 | 60.81 | 15.26 | 17.25 | 64.62 | 18.14 |
Rich | 10.24 | 59.75 | 30.01 | 7.56 | 52.87 | 39.57 |
Age of respondent at interview (years) | ||||||
Up to 20 | 38.84 | 57.01 | 4.15 | 24.29 | 67.73 | 7.98 |
21–30 | 27.12 | 61.56 | 11.31 | 14.45 | 61.24 | 24.31 |
31–40 | 23.67 | 60.65 | 15.68 | 9.12 | 52.38 | 38.50 |
41–49 | 28.52 | 57.76 | 13.72 | 11.48 | 52.10 | 36.43 |
Age of respondent at first marriage (years) | ||||||
Up to 15 | 28.96 | 60.15 | 10.89 | 16.83 | 58.01 | 25.16 |
15–17 | 28.38 | 60.17 | 11.45 | 13.80 | 58.06 | 28.14 |
18+ | 24.62 | 58.77 | 16.61 | 8.99 | 56.46 | 34.55 |
Age of respondent at first birth (years) | ||||||
Up to 16 | 29.03 | 60.93 | 10.05 | 16.02 | 59.18 | 24.80 |
17–19 | 26.11 | 60.57 | 13.32 | 13.91 | 56.90 | 29.19 |
20+ | 27.36 | 57.69 | 14.95 | 8.71 | 53.77 | 37.52 |
Total children ever born | ||||||
0–2 births | 27.92 | 60.07 | 12.01 | 13.22 | 59.38 | 27.40 |
3–4 births | 26.11 | 60.74 | 13.15 | 11.60 | 54.82 | 33.58 |
5+ births | 31.68 | 57.88 | 10.44 | 20.91 | 54.24 | 24.86 |
Marital duration (years) | ||||||
Up to 5 | 35.69 | 58.06 | 6.25 | 19.25 | 66.93 | 13.82 |
6–13 | 27.48 | 60.69 | 11.84 | 14.10 | 59.93 | 26.51 |
14–23 | 23.64 | 62.09 | 14.26 | 10.30 | 53.70 | 36.00 |
24+ years | 28.20 | 57.88 | 13.92 | 11.90 | 52.36 | 35.74 |
Overall | 27.97 | 59.91 | 12.12 | 13.51 | 57.59 | 28.90 |
