Table 2 Distributions of education, occupation, socioeconomic group and smoking by age (from census year of birth) and sex: census-matched subpopulation (N = 17436)
From: Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh
Men | Women | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Age (years) | |||||||||||||||||||
65-69 | 70-74 | 75-79 | > 80 | Total | 65-69 | 70-74 | 75-79 | > 80 | Total | |||||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illiterate | 2287 | 63.4 | 1628 | 66.0 | 1349 | 70.2 | 1146 | 74.3 | 6410 | 67.2 | 2890 | 87.4 | 1874 | 90.1 | 1337 | 93.6 | 1029 | 95.0 | 7130 | 90.3 |
<5 years | 186 | 5.2 | 117 | 4.7 | 88 | 4.6 | 66 | 4.3 | 457 | 4.8 | 126 | 3.8 | 53 | 2.5 | 30 | 2.1 | 9 | 0.8 | 218 | 2.8 |
5 years | 533 | 14.8 | 340 | 13.8 | 218 | 11.3 | 170 | 11.0 | 1261 | 13.2 | 182 | 5.5 | 88 | 4.2 | 36 | 2.5 | 31 | 2.9 | 337 | 4.3 |
>5 years | 602 | 16.7 | 380 | 15.4 | 266 | 13.8 | 161 | 10.4 | 1409 | 14.8 | 110 | 3.3 | 64 | 3.1 | 26 | 1.8 | 14 | 1.3 | 214 | 2.7 |
TOTAL | 3608 | 100.0 | 2465 | 100.0 | 1921 | 100.0 | 1543 | 100.0 | 9537 | 100.0 | 3308 | 100.0 | 2079 | 100.0 | 1429 | 100.0 | 1083 | 100.0 | 7899 | 100.0 |
Occupation at census | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dependent/housewife/UE | 366 | 10.1 | 324 | 13.1 | 459 | 23.9 | 532 | 34.5 | 1681 | 17.6 | 3221 | 97.4 | 2032 | 97.7 | 1399 | 97.9 | 1060 | 97.9 | 7712 | 97.6 |
Farmer | 1971 | 54.6 | 1394 | 56.6 | 966 | 50.3 | 710 | 46.0 | 5041 | 52.9 | 15 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.3 | 29 | 0.4 |
Business | 535 | 14.8 | 343 | 13.9 | 230 | 12.0 | 134 | 8.7 | 1242 | 13.0 | 12 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.4 | 33 | 0.4 |
Day labourer | 280 | 7.8 | 171 | 6.9 | 103 | 5.4 | 76 | 4.9 | 630 | 6.6 | 35 | 1.1 | 17 | 0.8 | 10 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.6 | 68 | 0.9 |
Service | 209 | 5.8 | 104 | 4.2 | 72 | 3.7 | 45 | 2.9 | 430 | 4.5 | 13 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 22 | 0.3 |
Craftsman | 66 | 1.8 | 36 | 1.5 | 22 | 1.1 | 13 | 0.8 | 137 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Other | 181 | 5.0 | 93 | 3.8 | 69 | 3.6 | 33 | 2.1 | 376 | 3.9 | 12 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.6 | 33 | 0.4 |
TOTAL | 3608 | 100.0 | 2465 | 100.0 | 1921 | 100.0 | 1543 | 100.0 | 9537 | 100.0 | 3308 | 100.0 | 2079 | 100.0 | 1429 | 100.0 | 1083 | 100.0 | 7899 | 100.0 |
Socioeconomics group (of household) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Destitute (Aw) | 44 | 1.2 | 32 | 1.3 | 20 | 1.0 | 23 | 1.5 | 119 | 1.2 | 78 | 2.4 | 66 | 3.2 | 42 | 2.9 | 29 | 2.7 | 215 | 2.7 |
Very poor (Ah) | 6 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 18 | 0.2 | 30 | 0.9 | 16 | 0.8 | 20 | 1.4 | 20 | 1.8 | 86 | 1.1 |
Poor (Ka) | 2201 | 61.0 | 1439 | 58.4 | 1112 | 59.9 | 828 | 53.7 | 5580 | 58.5 | 2035 | 61.5 | 1237 | 59.5 | 866 | 60.6 | 625 | 57.3 | 4763 | 60.3 |
Middle class (Kha) | 1119 | 31.0 | 811 | 32.9 | 629 | 32.7 | 538 | 34.9 | 3097 | 32.5 | 983 | 29.7 | 613 | 29.5 | 409 | 28.6 | 323 | 29.8 | 2328 | 29.5 |
Wealthier (Ga) | 238 | 6.6 | 181 | 7.3 | 153 | 8.0 | 151 | 9.8 | 723 | 7.6 | 182 | 5.5 | 147 | 7.1 | 92 | 6.4 | 86 | 7.9 | 507 | 6.4 |
TOTAL | 3608 | 100.0 | 2465 | 100.0 | 1921 | 100.0 | 1543 | 100.0 | 9537 | 100.0 | 3308 | 100.0 | 2079 | 100.0 | 1429 | 100.0 | 1083 | 100.0 | 7899 | 100.0 |
Smoker | ||||||||||||||||||||
No | 1501 | 41.6 | 1122 | 45.5 | 961 | 50.0 | 797 | 51.7 | 4381 | 45.9 | 3244 | 98.1 | 2035 | 97.9 | 1412 | 98.8 | 1068 | 98.6 | 7759 | 98.2 |
Yes | 2107 | 58.4 | 1343 | 54.5 | 960 | 50.0 | 746 | 48.3 | 5156 | 54.1 | 64 | 1.9 | 44 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.2 | 15 | 1.4 | 140 | 1.8 |
TOTAL | 3608 | 100.0 | 2465 | 100.0 | 1921 | 100.0 | 1543 | 100.0 | 9537 | 100.0 | 3308 | 100.0 | 2079 | 100.0 | 1429 | 100.0 | 1083 | 100.0 | 7899 | 100.0 |