Table 2. Socio-demographic profile of young men living in urban slums in Bangladesh, UHS 2006.
| Characteristics | N | % |
| Age in years | ||
| 15–19 | 454 | 28.8 |
| 20–24 | 1122 | 71.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Ever married# | 483 | 30.6 |
| Never married | 1093 | 69.4 |
| Level of education | ||
| No education | 276 | 17.5 |
| Primary | 513 | 32.5 |
| Secondary | 625 | 39.6 |
| Higher* | 162 | 10.3 |
| Religion | ||
| Islam | 1500 | 95.2 |
| Others | 75 | 4.8 |
| Currently working | ||
| No | 185 | 11.7 |
| Yes | 1391 | 88.3 |
| Duration in slums (in years) | ||
| <5 | 353 | 22.4 |
| 5–9 | 304 | 19.3 |
| 10-<24 | 273 | 17.4 |
| Permanent | 645 | 41.0 |
| Have any STIs? | ||
| No | 1508 | 95.7 |
| Yes | 68 | 4.3 |
| TV Watching | ||
| No | 84 | 5.3 |
| Yes | 1492 | 94.7 |
| Income per month (BDT) ¶ | ||
| None | 478 | 30.3 |
| <5000 | 1021 | 64.8 |
| 5000+ | 76 | 4.8 |
| Wealth index/quintiles ** | ||
| Poorest | 497 | 31.6 |
| Poor | 419 | 26.6 |
| Middle | 351 | 22.3 |
| Rich | 226 | 14.3 |
| Richest | 82 | 5.2 |
| Total | 1576 | 100.0 |
Note:
#
currently married or married at least once;
*
at least 11 years of education;
¶
Bangladeshi Taka and exchange rate is 78.11 BDT/USD;
**
quintiles based on principal component analysis.