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. 2016 Jan 21;5(5):301–308. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.06

Table 1. Demographic and Socio-economic Characteristics of the Respondents .

Variables Total 95% CI
% No. Low Upper
Gender
Male 82.83 1,187 80.79 84.80
Female 17.17 246 15.29 19.21
Age group
18-44 63.08 904 60.55 65.55
45-64 31.82 456 29.46 34.28
>65 5.09 73 4.07 6.36
Highest education level
No education 13.12 188 11.47 14.97
Primary 45.92 658 43.35 48.51
Secondary 33.15 475 30.75 35.63
Higher secondary 4.82 69 3.75 5.91
Above higher secondary 3.00 43 2.23 3.92
Marital status
Married 90.37 1295 88.82 91.89
Unmarried 7.05 101 5.76 8.93
Widowed/divorced/separated 2.58 37 1.83 3.38
Occupation
Worker 33.71 483 31.30 36.19
Self-employed 20.87 299 18.83 23.05
House wife 13.54 194 11.84 15.39
Farmer 9.49 136 8.07 11.12
Services 14.72 211 12.93 16.64
Other 7.68 110 6.34 9.17
Income quintilea
1st (≤US$67) 24.56 352 22.32 26.85
2nd (US$67.1-125.5) 15.70 225 13.83 17.64
3rd (US$125.6-172.5) 24.15 346 21.92 26.43
4th (US$172.6-232.5) 16.61 238 14.74 18.53
5th (US$232.6+) 18.98 272 16.91 21.09

aUS$1 = BDT 78 in 2014.