Table 1.

Sample characteristics

	Male (n = 2145)	Female (n = 2031)	Total (N = 4176)
	%	%	%
Age groups
60–64	34.83	35.12	34.96
65–69	23.82	22.11	22.99
70–74	18.46	18.41	18.44
75–79	10.16	9.75	9.96
80+	12.73	14.62	13.65
Chi-square value ( p -value)	4.29 (0.37)
Marital status
Currently married	91.28	31.41	62.16
Others	8.72	68.59	37.84
Chi-square value ( p -value)	1600.00 (0.00)
Education
Literate	40.09	13.10	26.96
Illiterate	59.91	86.90	73.04
Chi-square value ( p -value)	386.07 (0.00)
Wealth index
Poor	40.09	43.62	41.81
Middle	38.79	37.47	38.15
Rich	21.12	18.91	20.04
Chi-square value ( p -value)	6.13 (0.05)
Place of residence
Urban	31.66	31.12	31.39
Rural	68.34	68.88	68.61
Chi-square value ( p -value)	0.14 (0.71)
Division
Barisal	10.16	9.85	10.01
Chittagong	20.47	19.25	19.88
Dhaka	27.27	27.97	27.61
Khulna	13.89	13.39	13.65
Rajshahi	10.40	12.56	11.45
Rangpur	9.42	9.06	9.24
Sylhet	8.39	7.93	8.17
Chi-square value ( p -value)	5.92 (0.43)