Table 2.
Characteristic | Mean | SD | Min | Max | SE | N |
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Monthly rent for the house (in Taka) | 801.4 | 770.9 | 0 | 14000 | 17.7 | 1903 |
How many rooms do you have | 1.89 | 2.2 | 0 | 19 | 0.1 | 1888 |
Family size (number of family members) | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1 | 13 | 0.04 | 1905 |
Persons living in the same room | 4 | 2.4 | 1 | 47 | 0.1 | 1905 |
Persons sharing same meals | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1 | 54 | 0.1 | 1905 |
Family members earning income | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0 | 6 | 0.02 | 1902 |
Monthly family income (in Taka) | 6979.7 | 5149.5 | 0 | 140000 | 118 | 1905 |
Working hours per day | 7.8 | 3.2 | 0 | 24 | 0.1 | 1894 |
How many family members smoke | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0 | 6 | 0.01 | 1905 |
Category | % | N | ||||
Light sufficiency in the house | Yes | 26 | 495 | |||
No | 74 | 1408 | ||||
Family has household item | Radio | 5.7 | 109 | |||
TV | 33.4 | 635 | ||||
Gas burner | 28.3 | 539 | ||||
Electric fan | 69.4 | 1321 | ||||
Tape/CD/VCD | 17.2 | 327 | ||||
Refrigerator | 1.5 | 28 | ||||
Is your house provisional or permanent | Provisional | 91.5 | 1734 | |||
Permanent | 8.5 | 161 | ||||
Room is used also for other purposes except living | Yes | 30.1 | 568 | |||
No | 69.9 | 1317 | ||||
Room is sufficient for family | Yes | 23.2 | 433 | |||
No | 76.8 | 1435 | ||||
Housing index | Kutcha | 16.6 | 309 | |||
Semi-pucca | 52.9 | 986 | ||||
Pucca | 30.5 | 567 | ||||
Cooking material | Straw, wood | 61.7 | 1174 | |||
Kerosene | 1.6 | 30 | ||||
Gas, electric | 36.4 | 699 | ||||
Type of water supply | Surface water | 9.6 | 180 | |||
Piped water | 53.4 | 1004 | ||||
Type of toilet facility | Open latrine | 26.2 | 499 | |||
Pit latrine | 59.6 | 1135 | ||||
Septic tank | 14.2 | 269 | ||||
Type of garbage disposal | Open space | 79.1 | 1501 | |||
Bin outside house | 13.5 | 256 | ||||
Collected | 7.4 | 141 | ||||
Do you have a job contract | Yes | 4.8 | 91 | |||
No | 95.2 | 1798 | ||||
Do you think that your job is harmful to your health | Yes | 22.2 | 420 | |||
No | 77.8 | 1476 | ||||
Do you like your job | I like it very much | 5.5 | 103 | |||
I like it | 62.3 | 1169 | ||||
Its ok | 18.1 | 340 | ||||
I don't like it | 13 | 243 | ||||
I very much dislike it | 1.1 | 21 |
Descriptive statistics for variables used in the study. The variables were gained through a cohort study in 2009 (baseline data).