Table 1.
Number of sample Primary Service Units (PSUs) by division and rural/urban areas according to PPS (Probability Proportion to Size)
| Division | Total PSUs enumerated by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics for Sample Registration Survey |
Number of sample PSUs taken | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Urban | All | Rural | Urban | |
| Barisal | 79 | 11 | 4.7 ≈ 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Chittagong | 172 | 41 | 10.3 ≈ 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Dhaka | 307 | 105 | 18.4 ≈ 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Khulna | 125 | 25 | 7.5 ≈ 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Rajshahi | 263 | 39 | 15.8 ≈ 16 | 14 | 2 |
| Sylhet | 55 | 7 | 3.3 ≈ 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Rural | 774 | --- | 46.5 ≈ 46 | --- | --- |
| Urban | 225 | --- | 13.5 ≈ 14 | --- | --- |
| Total | 1000 | 60 | 46 | 14 | |
Note: Urban area included the statistical metropolitan area (SMA), municipality area and other urban areas (e.g. 'thana sadar' area which has the quality of municipality).