Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households
Characteristics | Frequency (HHa members) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | 757 | 50.8 |
 Female | 734 | 49.2 |
Age(years) | ||
 ≤4 | 106 | 7.2 |
 5–20 | 516 | 34.9 |
 21–40 | 455 | 30.8 |
 41–60 | 300 | 20.3 |
 ≥61 | 102 | 6.9 |
Educational level | ||
 No schooling | 62 | 7.6 |
 Primary | 166 | 20.3 |
 Secondary | 177 | 21.6 |
 Higher secondary and above | 414 | 50.5 |
Division | ||
 Dhaka | 115 | 7.7 |
 Chittagong | 414 | 27.8 |
 Rajshahi | 160 | 10.7 |
 Khulna | 121 | 8.1 |
 Barisal | 411 | 27.6 |
 Sylhet | 270 | 18.1 |
Occupation | ||
 Agriculture | 123 | 9.0 |
 Laborer (skilled/unskilled) | 123 | 9.0 |
 Housewife/homestead task | 408 | 29.9 |
 Service/professional | 87 | 6.4 |
 Business | 88 | 6.5 |
 Student | 427 | 31.3 |
 Unemployed/disabled | 70 | 5.1 |
 Others | 38 | 2.8 |
Household economic status | ||
 Ultra-poor | 452 | 30.3 |
 Poor | 557 | 37.4 |
 Non-poor | 482 | 32.3 |
Marital status | ||
 Unmarried | 692 | 46.4 |
 Married | 728 | 48.8 |
 Widow/separated/divorced | 71 | 4.8 |
Access to media at home | ||
 No access to media | 730 | 49.0 |
 Access to media | 761 | 51.0 |
 NGO membership |  |  |
 No membership | 816 | 54.7 |
 Member of any NGO | 675 | 45.3 |
Wealth index | ||
 Lowest | 342 | 23.1 |
 Second | 301 | 20.3 |
 Middle | 265 | 17.9 |
 Fourth | 262 | 17.7 |
 Highest | 313 | 21.1 |
Total | 1491 | 100 |