Table 1 Socio-demographic and mass media variables for women living in slums compared to those not living in slums in Bangladesh
Variables | Non-slum | Slum | p¶ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n (%) | n (%) | Â |
Age in years (mean ± SD) | 480 (30.1 ± 9.0) | 120 (30.1 ± 9.6) | 0.969 |
Age at first marriage (mean ± SD) | 480 (15.7 ± 3.5) | 120 (15.0 ± 3.2) | 0.057 |
Number of living children (mean ± SD) | 480 (2.4 ± 1.8) | 120 (2.5 ± 1.9) | 0.492 |
Number of children died (% at least one) | 480 (24.4) | 120 (30.0) | 0.206 |
Education (% no education) | 480 (40.8) | 120 (31.3) | 0.003 |
No. of marital union (% 2+) | 480 (4.6) | 120 (6.7) | 0.349 |
Migrated from other place (% country side) | 480 (69.4) | 120 (81.7) | 0.007 |
Have marriage certificate (% yes) | 480 (79.6) | 120 (70.8) | 0.039 |
Currently working (% yes) | 480 (20.6) | 120 (25.8) | 0.215 |
Husband's education (% no education) | 480 (27.9) | 120 (44.2) | <0.001 |
Husband's occupation (% unskilled labour) | 479 (16.5) | 120 (30.0) | 0.013 |
Household characteristics: | Â | Â | Â |
   Floor material (% cement/concrete) | 477 (43.0) | 120 (15.8) | <0.001 |
   Wall material (% brick/cement) | 478 (43.7) | 120 (18.3) | <0.001 |
   Roof material (% cement/concrete) | 478 (27.6) | 120 (7.5) | <0.001 |
   Piped water (% inside dwelling) | 478 (27.4) | 120 (13.3) | 0.001 |
   Toilet facility (% modern/septic tank) | 478 (68.8) | 120 (43.3) | <0.001 |
   Cooking fuel (% gas/LPG) | 478 (29.4) | 120 (15.8) | 0.003 |
Composite variable of household characteristics (% not poor when > 0) | 477 (76.5) | 120 (52.5) | <0.001 |
Mass media variables: | Â | Â | Â |
   Reading newspaper (% not at all) | 480 (72.3) | 120 (85.0) | 0.004 |
   Listening to radio (% not at all) | 480 (51.9) | 120 (56.7) | 0.347 |
   Watching TV (% not at all) | 479 (27.6) | 120 (35.0) | 0.108 |
Composite variable of mass media access (% not at all) | 479 (17.5) | 120 (25.0) | 0.063 |