Table 1 Characteristics of respondents from DHS-2011, Bangladesh (N = 17,842)
Characteristics | Rural | Urban | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Â % | n | Â % | n | % | |
Age (years) | ||||||
 12–19 | 1393 | 12.0 | 611 | 9.9 | 2004 | 11.2 |
 20–29 | 4471 | 38.4 | 2372 | 38.3 | 6843 | 38.4 |
 30–39 | 3212 | 27.6 | 1778 | 28.7 | 4990 | 28.0 |
 40–49 | 2570 | 22.1 | 1435 | 23.2 | 4005 | 22.4 |
Education | ||||||
 No education | 3451 | 29.6 | 1188 | 19.2 | 4639 | 26.0 |
 Primary | 3721 | 32.0 | 1611 | 26.0 | 5332 | 29.9 |
 Secondary | 3952 | 33.9 | 2454 | 39.6 | 6406 | 35.9 |
 Higher secondary | 522 | 4.5 | 943 | 15.2 | 1465 | 8.2 |
Number of children | ||||||
 0 | 5536 | 47.5 | 3230 | 52.1 | 8766 | 49.1 |
 1 | 4300 | 36.9 | 2308 | 37.2 | 6608 | 37.0 |
 ≥2 | 1810 | 15.5 | 658 | 10.6 | 2468 | 13.8 |
Wealth index | ||||||
 Poorest | 2636 | 22.6 | 460 | 7.4 | 3096 | 17.4 |
 Poorer | 2903 | 24.9 | 442 | 7.1 | 3345 | 18.7 |
 Middle | 2766 | 23.8 | 662 | 10.7 | 3428 | 19.2 |
 Richer | 2215 | 19.0 | 1562 | 25.2 | 3777 | 21.2 |
 Richest | 1126 | 9.7 | 3070 | 49.5 | 4196 | 23.5 |