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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Validation of the food access survey tool to assess household food insecurity in rural Bangladesh

Characteristics

N

Mean (SD) or %

Household

 Size

11,980

4.2

(2.0)

 Dependency ratioa

11,979

0.6

(0.4)

 Land ownership

11,048

52.6

 

Women

 Age, y

11,986

22.8

(5.5)

 Muslim

11,983

91.4

 

 Literate

11,981

64.7

 

 WDDS, per week

11,454

5.2

(1.7)

 MUAC, cm

11,552

23.4

(2.2)

 BMI, kg/m2

11,532

19.6

(2.2)

 Undernutrition (BMI < 18.5)

11,532

31.9

 
  1. Abbreviations: WDDS women’s dietary diversity score; MUAC mid-upper arm circumference; BMI body mass index
  2. aThe dependency ratio was calculated as the number of people aged 0–12 and aged over 50 years living in the family divided by the number of people aged 13–49 years
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