Table 1 Distribution of Socio-demographic characteristics of surveyed women by study areas
Age in years | Dhaka % | Raipur % | Nabiganj % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Base n = 5893 | End n = 6026 | Base n = 6795 | End n = 6602 | Base n = 6983 | End n = 7009 |
≥14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
15-19 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 3.7 |
20-24 | 23.1 | 23.3 | 18.9 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 15.0 |
25-29 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 19.6 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 20.9 |
30-34 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 18.0 |
35-39 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 17.5 |
40-44 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
45-49 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 10.2 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
Mean | 29.4 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 31.9 | 32.7 |
Educational attainment | Â | |||||
No education | 48.3 | 45.2 | 33.2 | 30.7 | 48.4 | 47.2 |
Primary incomplete | 17.8 | 19.1 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 20.5 | 19.2 |
Primary complete | 13.3 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.2 |
Secondary incomplete | 16.7 | 18.9 | 24.5 | 27.6 | 13.5 | 15.7 |
Secondary and higher | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |