Table 1.
Summary statistics
| Mean (SD) | |
| Age, years | 23.6 (3.6) |
| Currently married, % | 52.2 (50.0) |
| Born in Vashantek, % | 44.2 (49.7) |
| Education, % | |
| No formal education | 83 (10.1) |
| Primary incomplete | 290 (35.2) |
| Primary complete | 106 (12.9) |
| Secondary incomplete | 206 (25.0) |
| Secondary complete/above | 139 (16.9) |
| Equity score | −0.016 (0.230) |
| Wealth quintile, % | |
| First | 61 (7.4) |
| Second | 325 (39.4) |
| Third | 418 (50.7) |
| Fourth | 16 (1.9) |
| Fifth | 4 (0.5) |
| Occupations, % | |
| Driver | 138 (16.8) |
| Service sector | 125 (15.2) |
| Student | 109 (13.2) |
| Business/shop owner | 100 (12.1) |
| Construction worker/carpenter/wall painter | 88 (10.9) |
| Daily labour | 58 (7.0) |
| Rickshaw puller/van puller | 43 (5.2) |
Based on surveys of 824 respondents. Equity index is based on ownership of selected assets (namely, refrigerator, television, almirah/wardrobe and electric fan) and household building materials. The wealth quintiles are based on equity scores with Bangladesh urban specific cut-offs. For occupations, ‘other’ category is not included in the table.