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Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents

From: “Can community level interventions have an impact on equity and utilization of maternal health care” – Evidence from rural Bangladesh

 

2008- Baseline

 

2010- Midline

 

Intervention districts

Comparison districts

P value

Intervention districts

Comparison districts

P value

Age of respondent

      

<19 years

20.0

21.1

0.47

19.4

20.1

0.72

20 – 35 years

74.3

73.0

0.48

76.3

75.9

0.85

>36 years

5.8

5.9

0.92

4.3

4.0

0.76

Mean age

24.6

24.3

0.23

24.3

24.1

0.41

Married

99.4

99.1

0.54

99.2

99.3

0.84

Can read and write

51.3

54.7

0.19

57.8

58.7

0.69

Male household head

97.4

98

0.31

98.1

98.8

0.19

Mean household size

5.1

5.3

0.02

5.4

5.4

0.14

Asset quintile

  

0.31

  

0.71

Q1- poorest

19.9

23.3

 

17.2

24.4

 

Q2

22.1

17.6

22.6

19.7

Q3

20.6

16.9

19.9

16.7

Q4

18.9

21.1

19.0

20.0

Q5- richest

18.6

21.1

21.3

19.2

N

1,484

1,046

 

984

676