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Table 1 Population characteristics of the study area (Gaibandha - column 3) compared to national statistics for Bangladesh as a whole (column 1), and only Rural Bangladesh (column 2).

From: A cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled, maternal vitamin a or beta-carotene supplementation trial in bangladesh: design and methods

 

Bangladesh - Overall

Rural Bangladesh

Gaibandha

Difference between Rural Bangladesh and Gaibandha

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(2)-(3)

 

%

%

%

%

Women of Reproductive Age

    

Age, years

    

   15-19

21.9

21.8

20.3

1.5

   20-24

18.1

18.1

19.9

-1.8

   25-29

16.0

15.9

15.8

0.1

   30-34

13.4

13.6

13.4

0.2

   35-39

12.7

12.5

13.3

-0.8

   40-44

9.5

9.5

10.0

-0.5

   45-49

8.5

8.8

7.2

1.6

Education

    

   None

34.1

37.6

41.1

-3.5

   Primary incomplete

13.8

15.5

12.3

3.2

   Primary complete

11.9

12.5

9.0

3.5

   Secondary incomplete

27.1

26.8

25.2

1.6

   Secondary complete or higher

12.8

7.3

11.7

-4.4

   Non-standard curriculum

0.4

0.4

0.7

-0.3

Household characteristics

    

Floor construction

    

   Earth/sand

78.2

90.4

84.4

6.0

   Palm/bamboo/wood

1.2

1.2

0.0

1.2

   Cement

20.0

8.3

15.6

-7.3

Roof construction

    

   Thatch/leaf

6.8

7.8

4.7

3.1

   Palm/bamboo

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.0

   Metal/Tin

83.4

87.5

91.9

-4.4

   Cement

7.5

2.2

2.9

-0.7

Wall construction

    

   Cane/palm/leaf/jute sticks

8.5

11.0

12.7

-1.7

   Dirt/mud

15.5

17.9

15.7

2.2

   Bamboo/Bamboo with mud

16.8

16.9

10.6

6.3

   Tin sheet

34.9

39.2

43.0

-3.8

   Bricks

21.2

12.0

16.7

-4.7

Household assets

    

   Electricity

50.5

39.3

37.5

1.8

   Radio

30.2

29.3

27.7

1.6

   Television

34.6

24.8

25.5

-0.7

   Mobile phone

25.2

18.4

15.1

3.3

   Watch

72.9

69.5

58.9

10.6

   Bicycle

27.7

28.6

30.3

-1.7

   Motorcycle or scooter

3.6

2.4

3.9

-1.5

   Rickshaw van

5.7

5.5

6.5

-1.0

Government Health Services

    

Nutrition Program Coverage

    

   Vitamin A supplementation - Children1

89.2

88.3

90.8

-2.5

   Postpartum Vitamin A supplementation2

17.2

15.8

18.0

-2.2

Child and Maternal Vaccination 3

    

   BCG

97.0

96.7

98.4

-1.7

   DPT (1st Dose)

96.6

96.2

98.4

-2.2

   Polio (1st Dose)

99.1

99.0

100.0

1.0

   Measles

87.5

87.2

93.7

-6.5

   Maternal tetanus toxoid (TT) 4

89.6

88.9

85.7

3.2

Environmental characteristics

    

Source of drinking water

    

   Piped into dwelling or common area

6.6

0.3

2.0

-1.7

   Tubewell/borehole

88.7

95.9

94.8

1.1

Sanitation

    

   Piped sewer system

2.9

0.2

0.3

-0.1

   Septic tank system

13.2

7.2

15.7

-8.5

   Closed-slab pit latrine (Sealed)

23.1

24.5

23.9

0.6

   Open pit/Hanging Toilet

52.1

58.3

35.5

22.8

   No facilities or bush or field

7.5

9.2

23.3

-14.1

   Use of improved sanitation5

39.2

31.9

39.9

-8.0

Reproductive Health

    

Antenatal Care Provider

    

   Medical doctor

37.1

31.1

26.3

4.8

   Nurse/midwife

10.6

10.1

12.0

-1.9

   Community health worker

4.6

5.1

5.3

-0.2

   No ANC received

43.8

49.2

48.9

0.3

Assistance at delivery

    

   Medical doctor

15.5

10.6

7.5

3.1

   Nurse/midwife

4.6

3.4

6.0

-2.6

   TBA

66.0

71.1

48.1

23.0

   Relative/Friend

11.2

12.3

33.1

-20.8

Place of delivery

    

   Home

82.7

88.2

89.2

1.0

   Delivery in health facility6

16.0

10.7

9.0

1.7

Education

    

School attendance, by Sex

    

   Primary school attendance (Male)

78.9

79.0

73.4

5.6

   Primary school attendance (Female)

83.7

84.2

75.5

8.7

   Secondary school attendance (Male)

36.2

33.6

38.3

-4.7

   Secondary school attendance (Female)

41.4

39.4

36.3

3.1

Adult (15-24 years) literacy

    

   Female

69.9

67.6

62.8

4.8

Early marriage

    

   Married before age 157

33.1

36.2

40.0

-3.8

   Married before age 188

74.0

78.4

79.7

-1.3

   Married women, aged 15-19 years

41.9

46.1

51.3

-5.2

  1. Public-access data analyzed from the 2006 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) between June and October 2006, sponsored by UNICEF (16). A total 62,463 households (1,950 clusters) were surveyed, where 1,280 clusters were from rural areas and 38 were from Gaibandha (16). (Some category totals do not add to 100% as rows may have been omitted for brevity, or lack of information.)
  2. 1Children of age 9-59 months who received vitamin A supplementation in the last six months prior to the survey interview.
  3. 2Mothers aged 15-49 years with a birth in the two years preceding the survey who received high-dose vitamin A supplementation before the infant was 8 weeks old.
  4. 3Children aged 12-23 months with proof of current vaccination against childhood disease.
  5. 4TT: Mothers with live births in one year preceding the survey who were given at least two doses of tetanus toxoid vaccine within the appropriate interval prior to giving birth.
  6. 5Improved sanitation facilities are: flush to piped sewer system, flush to septic tank, flush to pit latrine and pit latrine with slab.
  7. 6Health facility: public sector and private sector health facilities.
  8. 7Numerator: number of women that were first married by the exact age of 15 and denominator: total number of women aged 15-49 years. 8Numerator: number of women that were first married by the exact age of 18.2 and denominator: total number of women aged 15-49 years.