Table 1 Descriptive profile of the participants.
Variables | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 58.673 | 15.536 | 19 | 105 |
Gender (% male) | 0.514 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Religion (% other than Islam) | 0.016 | 0.124 | 0 | 1 |
Schooling years | 0.875 | 2.013 | 0 | 12 |
Household Size | 3.899 | 1.967 | 1 | 9 |
Earning members | 1.392 | 0.743 | 0 | 5 |
Number of children | 2.8 | 1.709 | 0 | 8 |
Monthly household income (BDT) | 7833.14 | 4260.05 | 800 | 28000 |
Monthly household expenditure (BDT) | 7518.571 | 4521.819 | 500 | 20000 |
Household dietary diversity (HDD) | 4.52 | 1.79 | 1 | 12 |
Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) | 50.69 | 17.843 | 5.714 | 100 |
Current debt | 15587.14 | 15587.14 | 0 | 150000 |
Occupation beside begging (% yes) | 0.047 | 0.211 | 0 | 1 |
Begging other family member (%yes) | 0.091 | 0.288 | 0 | 1 |
Number of marriages | 1.148 | 0.469 | 0 | 3 |
Migrated (% yes) | 0.701 | 0.458 | 0 | 1 |
Receive financial support from any family members (% yes) | 0.338 | 0.474 | 0 | 1 |
Begging experience (year) | 7.3 | 9.586 | 4 | 55 |
Asset loss during Covid-19 (number) | 0.236 | 0.793 | 0 | 9 |
Forced to begging by Covid-19 (% yes) | 0.21 | 0.408 | 0 | 1 |
Receive any special allowance during Covid-19 (%yes) | 0.818 | 0.386 | 0 | 1 |
Workless days during Covid-19 | 96.275 | 120.324 | 0 | 730 |
Preferable occupation (% begging) | 0.416 | 0.493 | 0 | 1 |
Beneficiary of govt. rehabilitation program (% yes) | 0.153 | 0.361 | 0 | 1 |
Categorical responses | Frequency | Percent | Dummy | |
Marital Status | ||||
 Married | 220 | 57.14 | 0 | 1 |
 Unmarried | 11 | 2.86 | 0 | 1 |
 Divorced | 6 | 1.56 | 0 | 1 |
 Widow/Widower | 121 | 31.43 | 0 | 1 |
 Deserted | 27 | 7.01 | 0 | 1 |
Beggar Type | ||||
 Doorstep | 30 | 7.79 | 0 | 1 |
 Street | 224 | 58.18 | 0 | 1 |
 Both | 131 | 34.03 | 0 | 1 |
