Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and households, rural Bangladesh, 2007 (N = 1692)
From: Observed hand cleanliness and other measures of handwashing behavior in rural Bangladesh
Characteristics | percent/mean/median (n) |
|---|---|
Household head (%) | Â |
Male | 94 (1592) |
Education of mother of the youngest child (%) | Â |
No education | 31 (525) |
Up to primary | 33 (565) |
Above primary | 36 (602) |
Education of father of the youngest child (%) | Â |
No education | 37 (617) |
Up to primary | 31 (519) |
Above primary | 32 (556) |
Occupation of father of the youngest child (%) | Â |
Farmer/cultivator/homemaker | 24 (409) |
Agri & non-agri labor/boatman/shoe or umbrella mechanic | 21 (357) |
Traders/business occupation | 18 (312) |
Skilled worker/profession | 10 (163) |
Service | 10 (161) |
Rickshaw/Van puller | 9 (143) |
Staying abroad | 6 (110) |
Household head untraced, disabled, domestic maid, retired, unemployed | 2 (37) |
Mean number of household members | 5.5 (1692) |
Mean number of under-5 children per household | 1.3 (1692) |
Social status of households (Respondents' self assessment) (%) | Â |
Rich | 1 (17) |
Upper middle | 3 (48) |
Middle | 46 (776) |
Poor | 41 (693) |
Hardcore poor | 9 (158) |
Ownership of living house (%) | Â |
Self-owned | 94 (1584) |
Others (Rental, Govt. land, owned by a landlord, relative house) | 6 (108) |
Median amount of homestead land (sq. meter) | 280 (1692) |
Median amount of land other than homestead (sq. meter) | 260 (1692) |
Median number of sleeping room | 2 (1692) |
Households own (%) | Â |
Electricity | 45 (762) |
Almirah/wardrobe | 27 (459) |
Television (B/W) | 19 (322) |
Television (color) | 9 (147) |
Refrigerator | 2 (39) |
Motor cycle | 2 (38) |
Mobile phone | 29 (498) |