Table 1 Distribution of sample of West Bengal and Bangladesh: NFHS 2015-16IV and BDHS 2011
Variables | West Bengal | Bangladesh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (15,756) | Percentage | Frequency (5,276) | Percentage | |
Anaemia | ||||
Yes | 10,033 | 63.66 | 2,179 | 41.30 |
No | 5,723 | 36.34 | 3,097 | 58.70 |
Demographic and health factors | ||||
Age | ||||
Below 20 | 2,616 | 16.60 | 534 | 10.12 |
20–24 | 2,652 | 16.83 | 939 | 17.80 |
25–29 | 2,452 | 15.56 | 958 | 18.16 |
30&above | 8,041 | 51.02 | 2,845 | 53.92 |
Body mass index | ||||
Thin | 3,663 | 23.24 | 1,316 | 24.94 |
Normal | 9,291 | 58.95 | 3,008 | 57.01 |
Overweight or Obese | 2,807 | 17.81 | 952 | 18.04 |
Current contraceptive method | ||||
Not using | 6,623 | 42.02 | 2,026 | 38.40 |
Female sterilisation | 4,097 | 25.99 | 255 | 4.83 |
Pill/injection\IUD | 2,674 | 16.97 | 2,054 | 38.93 |
Othersa | 2,502 | 15.02 | 941 | 17.84 |
Children ever born | ||||
No child | 3,797 | 24.09 | 441 | 8.36 |
1–2 | 7,889 | 50.05 | 2,397 | 45.43 |
2 + | 4,075 | 25.85 | 2,438 | 46.21 |
Socioeconomic factors | ||||
Education | ||||
Illiterate/primary | 6,909 | 43.84 | 3,009 | 57.03 |
Secondary | 7,805 | 49.52 | 1,872 | 35.48 |
Higher | 1,047 | 6.64 | 395 | 7.49 |
Religion | ||||
Hindu | 11,790 | 74.80 | 592 | 11.22 |
Muslim | 3,971 | 25.20 | 4,684 | 88.78 |
Wealth | ||||
Poor | 8,660 | 54.95 | 1,893 | 35.88 |
Middle | 3,463 | 21.97 | 1,014 | 19.22 |
Rich | 3,638 | 23.08 | 2,369 | 44.90 |
Source of drinking water | ||||
Distributed water | 10,702 | 29.48 | 581 | 11.01 |
Groundwater | 4,645 | 67.91 | 4,225 | 80.08 |
Others | 409 | 2.60 | 470 | 8.91 |
Practicing open defecation | ||||
Yes | 7,9914,623 | 70.67 | 177 | 3.35 |
No | 11,138 | 29.33 | 5,099 | 96.65 |
Has own land for agriculture | ||||
Yes | 5,400 | 34.26 | 2,504 | 47.46 |
No | 10,361 | 65.74 | 2,772 | 52.54 |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 4,297 | 27.26 | 1,847 | 35.01 |
Rural | 11,464 | 72.74 | 3,429 | 64.99 |
Food related factors | ||||
Food security | ||||
Secure | NA | NA | 3,396 | 64.71 |
Insecure | NA | NA | 1,852 | 35.29 |
Consume pulses | ||||
Daily | 6,804 | 43.17 | NA | NA |
Never/weekly/occasionally | 8,957 | 56.83 | NA | NA |
Consume fruits | ||||
Daily | 1,429 | 9.07 | NA | NA |
Never/occasionally | 8,773 | 55.66 | NA | NA |
Weekly | 5,559 | 35.27 | NA | NA |
Consume chicken or meat | ||||
Daily/ weekly | 8,122 | 51.53 | NA | NA |
Never | 519 | 3.29 | NA | NA |
Occasionally | 7,120 | 45.17 | NA | NA |
Region | ||||
A | 2,339 | 14.84 | 584 | 11.07 |
B | 2,469 | 15.67 | 818 | 15.50 |
C | 3,905 | 24.78 | 924 | 17.51 |
D | 3,522 | 22.35 | 820 | 15.54 |
E | 3,526 | 22.37 | 790 | 14.97 |
F | 741 | 14.04 | ||
G | 599 | 11.35 | ||