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.