Table 3.
Composition of Household, Characteristics of Household Respondent
| Composition of HH | n, mean or % (95% CI) | n, mean or % (95% CI) | n, mean or % (95% CI) | Significance |
| # nuclear family members | 370, 4.3 (3.9–4.7) | 5330, 5.6 (5.3–5.9) | 21,688, 4.3 (4.2–4.5) | |
| Spouse present | 71, 81.3% (73.5–89.1%) | 781, 80.5% (78–83%) | 4114, 81.1% (78.9–83.2%) | |
| # of dependent children | 154, 1.9 (1.5–2.4) | 2251, 2.5 (2.3–2.7) | 9665, 2.0 (1.9–2.1) | B C |
| # extended family members | 132, 1.3 (0.9–1.8) | 1079, 0.9 (0.8–1.1) | 3051, 0.6 (0.5–0.6) | A B |
| # grandparents | 17, 0.1 (0–0.3) | 161, 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | 678, 0.1 (0.1–0.2) | |
| # parents of adult without children | 3, 0.0 (0.0–0.1) | 54, 0.0 (0–0.1) | 196, 0.0 (0–0) | |
| # niece/nephew, friend/other | 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) | 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) | 0.3 (0.3, 0.4) | A B |
| Single parent family | 13, 14.3% (7.2–21.4%) | 191, 18.8% (16 21.6%) | 599, 11.9% (10.6–13.1%) | B |
| Single parent family with children < 5 | 6, 7.7% (1.1–14.3%) | 47, 4.2% (2.7–5.7%) | 123, 2.5% (2–3.1%) | B |
| Three or more generation HH | 15, 13.8% (5.1–22.5%) | 143, 14.0% (10.9–17.2%) | 564, 11.5% (10–12.9%) | |
| Characteristics of household respondentsa | n, % (95% CI) | n, % (95% CI) | n, % (95% CI) | |
| Educational attainment | B | |||
| None | 27, 30.8% (18.3–43.2%) | 427, 45.3% (38.7–51.9%) | 2054, 41.9% (37.7–46%) | |
| 1 to 5 standard | 33, 36.0% (24.7–47.2%) | 358, 36.5% (30.9–42.2%) | 1833, 37.2% (33.6–40.9%) | |
| 6 to 10 standard | 17, 24.1% (7.8–40.4%) | 109, 10.9% (8.2–13.6%) | 735, 13.5% (11.4–15.5%) | |
| Above 10 standard | 2, 3.2% (0–8.4%) | 10, 0.8% (0.2–1.4%) | 90, 1.6% (1–2.2%) | |
| Other education | 8, 5.2% (1.2–9.2%) | 80, 6.4% (4.1–8.6%) | 329, 4.9% (3.6–6.1%) | |
| Don’t know / refused | 1, 0.7% (0–2.1%) | 2, 0.1% (0–0.3%) | 35, 0.9% (0.4–1.5%) | |
| Language | A C | |||
| Pwo Karen | 9, 9.9% (1.1–18.6%) | 108, 11.1% (4.6–17.7%) | 530, 11.9% (7.1–16.7%) | |
| Sgaw Karen | 53, 74.4% (60.4–88.4%) | 390, 53.0% (42.8–63.2%) | 2210, 54.8% (47.5–62%) | |
| Burmese | 14, 11.1% (2.3–19.9%) | 130, 11.9% (6.8–16.9%) | 671, 11.9% (7.4–16.4%) | |
| Shan | 0, 0.0% (0–0%) | 43, 7.3% (1.6–13.1%) | 129, 4.2% (0.9–7.6%) | |
| Karenni | 0, 0.0% (0–0%) | 124, 6.6% (4.1–9.2%) | 515, 6.1% (4.5–7.7%) | |
| Mon | 12, 4.6% (1.6–7.6%) | 171, 7.4% (4.4–10.2%) | 946, 9.0% (5.4–12.6%) | |
| Other | 0, 0.0 (0–0%) | 20, 2.6% (0.4–4.9%) | 75, 2.1% (0.3–3.9%) | |
| Ethnicity | A C | |||
| Karen | 65, 86.5% (78.1–94.9%) | 505, 64.6% (55.3–73.8) | 2740, 66.8% (60.4–73.2%) | |
| Karenni | 1, 0.9% (0–2.6%) | 144, 8.9% (5.4–12.4%) | 768, 11.2% (7.4–14.9%) | |
| Shan | 1, 0.7% (0–2.2%) | 29, 4.6% (0.3–9%) | 91, 3.2% (0.2–6.3%) | |
| Mon | 18, 9.8% (2.9–16.7%) | 224, 10.4% (5.6–15.2%) | 1157, 10.8% (7.1–14.4%) | |
| Burmese | 2, 1.5% (0–3.4%) | 015, .9% (0.1–1.6%) | 63, 0.8% (0.4–1.2%) | |
| Other | 1, 0.7% (0–2%) | 69, 10.6% (3.2–18%) | 257, 7.2% (2.9–11.6%) | |
| Religious affiliation | ||||
| Christian | 19, 24.6% (14.1–35.1%) | 267, 35.5% (25.5–45.4%) | 1522, 34.9% (28–41.7%) | |
| Buddhist | 61, 61.6% (44–79.1%) | 647, 57.1% (46.9–67.3%) | 3260, 59.0% (52–65.9%) | |
| Muslim | 0, 0.0% (0–0%) | 1, 0.1% (0–0.3%) | 6, 0.1% (0–0.3%) | |
| Animist | 8, 13.8% (0–28%) | 67, 6.8% (2.6–11%) | 257, 5.4% (3.2–7.6%) | |
| None | 0, 0.0% (0–0%) | 0, 0.0 (0–0%) | 4, 0.1% (0–0.2%) | |
| Other | 0, 0.0% (0–0%) | 4, 0.5% (0–1.1%) | 27, 0.5% (0–1%) |
“A” p < 0.05 for test of no difference between IN-migrants vs. NON-migrants
“B” p < 0.05 for test of no difference between OUT-migrants vs. NON-migrants
“C” p < 0.05 for test of no difference between IN-migrants vs. OUT-migrants
24 HH with in and out-migration omitted from this analysis