Table 1 |
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Trends in socio-demographic characteristics in Bangladesh (1991–2004) |
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| Socioeconomic and demographic variables |
Year |
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| 1991–1993 (N = 6,221) |
1994–1996 (N = 6,312) |
1997–1999 (N = 5,255) |
2000–2004 (N = 5,965) |
P-value* |
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| Area of residence |
P < 0.001 |
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| Rural |
86.6% |
82.1% |
73.8% |
70.0% |
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| Urban |
13.4% |
17.9% |
26.2% |
30.0% |
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| Maternal education |
P < 0.001 |
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| No education |
56.5% |
52.4% |
44.3% |
35.8% |
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| Primary |
28.2% |
28.4% |
29.0% |
31.1% |
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| Secondary |
13.4% |
16.2% |
22.2% |
27.0% |
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| Higher |
1.8% |
3.0% |
4.5% |
6.0% |
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| Paternal education |
P < 0.001 |
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| No education |
47.4% |
46.0% |
42.0% |
38.2% |
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| Primary |
24.8% |
25.7% |
25.3% |
26.8% |
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| Secondary |
20.5% |
19.6% |
22.4% |
24.5% |
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| Higher |
7.4% |
8.6% |
10.3% |
10.5% |
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| Asset quintiles |
P < 0.001 |
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| Poorest |
27.6% |
21.6% |
17.4% |
10.2% |
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| Poor |
24.5% |
22.4% |
19.2% |
15.9% |
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| Middle |
19.5% |
19.2% |
18.6% |
22.5% |
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| Richer |
15.1% |
19.0% |
21.7% |
24.9% |
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| Richest |
13.3% |
17.8% |
23.2% |
26.5% |
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| Age (years) |
P < 0.001 |
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| 10–19 |
13.8% |
15.7% |
18.3% |
18.3% |
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| 20–24 |
33.0% |
30.8% |
31.1% |
34.2% |
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| 25–29 |
28.3% |
27.8% |
26.9% |
23.9% |
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| 30–34 |
13.8% |
15.6% |
14.7% |
14.5% |
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| 35–39 |
7.6% |
6.8% |
6.3% |
6.5% |
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| 40–49 |
3.5% |
3.3% |
2.8% |
2.6% |
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| Parity |
P < 0.001 |
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| 1 |
9.1% |
12.2% |
16.8% |
23.0% |
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| 2 |
18.6% |
22.6% |
25.8% |
26.8% |
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| 3 |
20.0% |
20.5% |
20.3% |
19.5% |
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| 4 |
16.4% |
15.1% |
13.7% |
12.9% |
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| ≥5 |
35.9% |
29.6% |
23.4% |
17.9% |
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| Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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* P-values from Chi-squared test for differences in proportions by year group |
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Collin et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2007 6:9 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-6-9 |
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