Figure 2.

Critical life-history events for Bangladeshi women (n = 1037 aged 50–69 years old in the MHSS). Boxplots give the median event age (line within rectangle), first and third quartile age values (rectangle boundaries), and minimum and maximum age values (brackets), excluding outliers. Summary statistics: age at menarche (mean 14.0, median 14, range 9–21, s.d. 1.4), first birth (mean 17.9, median 17, range 13–34, s.d. 3.0), last birth (mean 36.2, median 37, range 15–54, s.d. 5.5) and menopause (mean 47.4, median 48, range 40–59, s.d. 3.5). (Online version in colour.)