Table 2.
Sample characteristics.
| Variable | Pooled (n = 62,015) |
Nepal (2016; n = 12,862) |
Kyrgyzstan (2012; n = 8208) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max | ||
| Women's education | 4.5 | 5.2 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 | 12.3 | 2.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Husband's education | 5.8 | 5.2 | 0 | 21 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 0 | 11 | 11.7 | 2.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Women's age | 28.5 | 6.6 | 15 | 49 | 26.4 | 5.7 | 15 | 49 | 29.4 | 6.3 | 16 | 49 | |
| Husband's age | 33.7 | 8.2 | 15 | 95 | 30.5 | 6.8 | 16 | 95 | 33.5 | 6.9 | 17 | 73 | |
| Rural location | 0.67 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.42 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.74 | 0.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lower quintile [Q1] | 0.63 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.66 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Current breastfeeding | 0.38 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.76 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 0.47 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not employed | 79% | 40% | 75% | ||||||||||
| Household size |
8 |
4.5 |
2 |
48 |
6 |
2.8 |
2 |
38 |
6 |
1.9 |
2 |
18 |
|
| Tajikistan (2017; n = 10,718) | Pakistan (2018; n = 12,364) | Bangladesh (2014; n = 17,863) | |||||||||||
| Variable |
Mean |
Std. Dev. |
Min |
Max |
Mean |
Std. Dev. |
Min |
Max |
Mean |
Std. Dev. |
Min |
Max |
|
| Women's education | 10.4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 0 | 16 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 0 | 17 | |
| Husband's education | 5.4 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5.2 | 0 | 16 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Women's age | 28.6 | 5.7 | 18 | 48 | 29.8 | 6.4 | 15 | 49 | 25.6 | 6 | 15 | 49 | |
| Husband's age | 32.6 | 6.8 | 19 | 95 | 34.8 | 7.9 | 16 | 81 | 34.1 | 7.9 | 16 | 85 | |
| Rural location | 0.66 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.55 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.68 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lower quintile [Q1] | 0.46 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.36 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.59 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Current breastfeeding | 0.43 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not employed | 81% | 82% | 72% | ||||||||||
| Household size | 8 | 3.4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4.7 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 2.7 | 2 | 25 | |