Table 3 Odds ratios of nutritional status of rural and urban ever-married women by background characteristics: 2011 BDHS
From: Malnutrition and non-communicable diseases among Bangladeshi women: an urban–rural comparison
Background characteristics | Rural | Urban | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight | Overweight | Underweight | Overweight | |
Geographical region (RC Sylhet) | ||||
Barisal | 0.64 (0.50–0.81)*** | 0.94 (0.67–1.32) | 0.75 (0.48–1.74) | 1.00 (0.71–1.41) |
Chittagong | 0.56 (0.45–0.69)*** | 1.28 (0.93–1.75) | 0.70 (0.50–0.97)** | 1.01 (0.72–1.42) |
Dhaka | 0.72 (0.59–0.88)*** | 0.96 (0.64–1.44) | 0.53 (0.38–0.75)*** | 0.88 (0.63–1.22) |
Khulna | 0.45 (0.36–0.56)*** | 1.31 (0.95–1.80) | 0.76 (0.54–1.07) | 1.40 (0.94–2.11) |
Rajshahi | 0.61 (0.49–0.75)*** | 1.18 (0.86–1.64) | 0.67 (0.46–0.98)** | 1.11 (0.80–1.54) |
Rangpur | 0.57 (0.46–0.69)*** | 0.81 (0.58–1.15) | 0.71(0.51–0.99)** | 1.00 (0.70–1.44) |
Respondent’s level of education (RC higher secondary) | ||||
Illiterate | 1.47 (0.94–2.29)* | 0.87 (0.58–1.29) | 2.75(1.47–5.12)*** | 0.87 (0.62–1.22) |
Primary | 1.44 (0.94–2.19)* | 0.91 (0.63–1.32) | 2.33(1.27–4.28)*** | 0.97 (0.70–1.35) |
Secondary | 1.33 (0.88–2.00) | 0.96 (0.69–1.34) | 1.66 (0.95–2.87)* | 1.04 (0.78–1.39) |
Partner’s level of education (RC higher secondary) | ||||
Illiterate | 1.58 (1.20–2.10)*** | 0.63(0.47–0.85)*** | 1.35(0.86–2.11) | 0.58(0.41–0.82)*** |
Primary | 1.37 (1.04–1.81)** | 0.65(0.48–0.87)*** | 1.11(0.70–1.75) | 0.72(0.53–0.97)** |
Secondary | 1.30 (1.00–1.71)* | 0.90(0.69–1.16) | 1.28(0.84–1.94) | 0.69(0.55–0.85)*** |
Respondent’s access to mass media (RC have access) | ||||
No access | 1.03 (0.91–1.16) | 0.67 (0.57–0.79)*** | 1.12 (0.88–1.42) | 0.67 (0.48–0.94)** |
Household wealth status (RC rich) | ||||
Poor | 2.89 (2.23–3.75)*** | 0.33 (0.26–0.43)*** | 2.24 (1.55–3.24)*** | 0.19 (0.13–0.29)*** |
Middle | 2.11 (1.65–2.70)*** | 0.64 (0.52–0.78)*** | 1.32 (1.00–1.73)** | 0.43 (0.35–0.53)*** |
Age of respondent at interview (RC 41–49) | ||||
Up to 20 years | 1.59 (1.07–2.38)** | 0.69 (0.38–1.26) | 1.57(0.66–3.70) | 0.47 (0.25–0.89)** |
21–30 years | 1.09 (0.81–1.47) | 0.90 (0.61–1.33) | 1.19 (0.55–2.58) | 0.96 (0.63–1.46) |
31–40 years | 0.97 (0.79–1.18) | 1.21 (0.95–1.55) | 0.91 (0.52–1.59) | 1.24 (0.94–1.65) |
Age of respondent at first marriage (RC>17) | ||||
<14 | 1.14 (0.90–1.44) | 0.85 (0.66–1.11) | 1.52 (1.04–2.21)** | 0.98 (0.68–1.41) |
15–17 | 1.10 (0.90–1.35) | 0.82 (0.66–1.02)* | 1.16 (0.81–1.66) | 1.08 (0.79–1.48) |
Age of respondent at first birth (RC⩾20) | ||||
Up to 15 years | 0.76 (0.64–0.91)*** | 0.94 (0.74–1.19) | 0.80 (0.59–1.10) | 0.85 (0.58–1.26) |
15–17 years | 0.75 (0.64–0.87)*** | 1.16 (0.94–1.43) | 1.01 (0.77–1.33) | 0.91 (0.70–1.19) |
Total children ever born (RC 5+) | ||||
0–2 births | 0.76 (0.63–0.93)*** | 1.22 (0.96–1.54) | 0.48 (0.34–0.69)*** | 1.08 (0.78–1.50) |
3–4 births | 0.85 (0.73–0.99)** | 1.14 (0.91–1.43) | 0.59 (0.43–0.80)*** | 1.08 (0.79–1.46) |
Marital duration (RC⩾24) | ||||
Up to 5 years | 1.38 (0.93–2.03) | 0.35 (0.21–0.61)*** | 2.33 (1.00–5.41)* | 0.31 (0.17–0.55)*** |
6–13 years | 1.04 (0.77–1.41) | 0.65 (0.44–0.97)** | 1.79 (0.81–3.94) | 0.58 (0.36–0.94)** |
14–23 years | 0.84 (0.67–1.05) | 0.77 (0.59–1.00)** | 1.17 (0.64–2.11) | 0.81 (0.57–1.16) |
