Table 1 Characteristics of study population
Characteristics | Frequency (N = 1685) | Percentage (%) | 95% Confidence interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower bound (%) | Upper bound (%) | |||
Individual characteristics | ||||
 Age in years | ||||
  35–49 | 635 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 40.3 |
  50–64 | 575 | 33.8 | 31.3 | 36.3 |
   > =65 | 475 | 28.4 | 25.8 | 31.0 |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 663 | 38.3 | 35.8 | 40.7 |
 Female | 1022 | 61.7 | 59.3 | 64.2 |
Education | ||||
 No education | 804 | 51.0 | 48.1 | 53.9 |
 Primary | 411 | 23.5 | 21.0 | 25.9 |
 Secondary | 305 | 16.5 | 14.6 | 18.5 |
 Higher | 165 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 10.7 |
Marital status | ||||
 Currently married | 1244 | 73.8 | 71.4 | 76.1 |
 Divorced/separated/others | 441 | 26.2 | 23.9 | 28.6 |
Body weight | ||||
 Normal | 899 | 57.3 | 54.7 | 59.9 |
 Underweight | 341 | 21.7 | 19.3 | 24.0 |
 Overweight/obese | 366 | 21.0 | 18.8 | 23.2 |
Household characteristics | ||||
 HH having child | ||||
  No child | 1070 | 64.1 | 61.3 | 66.9 |
  Has child | 615 | 35.9 | 33.1 | 38.7 |
Wealth index | ||||
 Poorest | 232 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 18.0 |
 Poorer | 257 | 16.6 | 14.3 | 18.9 |
 Middle | 286 | 17.4 | 15.1 | 19.7 |
 Richer | 375 | 22.0 | 19.5 | 24.6 |
 Richest | 535 | 28.7 | 25.7 | 31.8 |
Community characteristics | ||||
 Division | ||||
  Barisal | 180 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 6.5 |
  Chittagong | 192 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 14.2 |
  Dhaka | 304 | 34.0 | 31.1 | 36.9 |
  Khulna | 327 | 16.7 | 14.4 | 19.0 |
  Rajshahi | 225 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 14.2 |
  Rangpur | 302 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 16.2 |
  Sylhet | 155 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
Place of residence | ||||
 Urban | 649 | 28.7 | 26.2 | 31.2 |
 Rural | 1036 | 71.3 | 68.8 | 73.8 |