Table 1 Demographic and household characteristics of participants, by sex, Dhaka City Corporation, Bangladesh.

From: Frequency and patterns of exposure to live poultry and the potential risk of avian influenza transmission to humans in urban Bangladesh

 

Male (%)

Female (%)

All (%)

Weighted samplea

n = 593

n = 438

n = 1031

Individual characteristics

Age

18–24

25.4

29.3

27.1

25–34

32.7

32.3

32.5

35–44

20.9

19.7

20.4

45–54

12.1

11.0

11.6

55–74

8.9

7.7

8.4

Education (highest completed)

< Primary

20.8

28.1

23.9

Primary (year 5)

30.9

31.4

31.1

Secondary (year 10)

12.5

13.3

12.8

Higher secondary + (year 12)

35.8

27.2

32.2

Occupationb

Professional/technical

4.9

2.0

3.7

Clerical, sales and service

48.9

9.9

32.2

Skilled/unskilled labour

32.4

16.1

25.4

Student

7.8

8.0

7.9

Home maker

0.5

63.5

27.3

Otherc

5.5

0.6

3.4

Marital statusb

Single, never married

27.0

12.1

20.6

Married

71.2

78.7

74.4

Otherc

1.8

9.2

4.9

Regionb

DCC North

50.3

60.5

54.6

DCC South

49.7

39.5

45.4

Household characteristics

Household sizeb

1–3 members

29.0

26.6

28.0

4–5 members

42.3

47.4

44.4

6 + members

28.7

26.0

27.6

Household with children < 5 yearsb

Yes

73.2

64.5

69.5

No

26.8

35.5

30.5

Household keeps live poultry

Yes

9.8

12.4

10.9

No

90.2

87.6

89.1

  1. CI confidence interval, yrs years, DCC Dhaka City Corporation.
  2. aSample weighted by age, sex and education to the Dhaka City Corporation demographic profile of the 2011 Bangladesh census.
  3. bDue to missing values, total weighted denominator for occupation n = 1024; marital status n = 1025; region n = 1009; household size n = 1025; children n = 1017.
  4. cOther occupation includes retired and unemployed; other martial status includes widow/widower and divorced.
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