Table 2.
Study sample characteristics
| Bangladesh -1 | Bangladesh-2 | Cameroon | India | Malawi | |
| Sample size: households | 1207 | 19 627 | 677 | 875 | 1803 |
| Sample size: individuals | 7511 | 75 767 | 3467 | 3573 | 8834 |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 3867 (51.5%) | 37 076 (48.9%) | 2112 (59.2%) | 1866 (52.2%) | 4500 (50.9%) |
| Age group (years)* | |||||
| 0–17 | 2802 (37.3%) | 26 392 (34.8%) | 1950 (54.7%) | 1223 (34.2%) | 4562 (51.6%) |
| 18–24 | 909 (12.1%) | 49 375 (65.2%) | 317 (8.9%) | 473 (13.2%) | 1179 (13.3%) |
| 25–44 | 2090 (27.8%) | – | 572 (16.0%) | 986 (27.6%) | 1862 (21.1%) |
| 45–64 | 1204 (16.0%) | – | 396 (11.1%) | 689 (19.3%) | 826 (9.4%) |
| 65+ | 506 (6.7%) | – | 332 (9.3%) | 202 (5.7%) | 405 (4.6%) |
| Mean household size | 6.2 (SD 3.4) | 3.9 (SD 1.5) | 7.8 (SD 4.8) | 5.2 (SD 2.8) | 4.9 (SD 2.1) |
*Age categories restricted to 0–1, 2–9, 0–1, 2–9, 10–19 and 20+ years in Bangladesh-2 raw data; therefore, Bangladesh-2 age data refer to 0–19 and 20+ years.