Table 1.
Distribution of age of first marriage and age of first birth across the selected sociodemographic factors (N = 15,674).
| Variables | Age of First Marriage [N (%)] | Age of First Birth [N (%)] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥18 years | <18 years | ≥18 years | <18 years | |
| Age | ||||
| ≤25 | 1379 (50.3) | 6582 (50.9) | 2847 (47.6) | 5114 (52.7) |
| >25 | 1360 (49.7) | 6353 (49.1) | 3130 (52.4) | 4583 (47.3) |
| p-value | 0.623 | <0.001 | ||
| Education | ||||
| None | 217 (7.9) | 2384 (18.4) | 787 (13.2) | 1814 (18.7) |
| Primary | 594 (21.7) | 4675 (36.1) | 1579 (26.4) | 3690 (38.1) |
| Secondary | 916 (33.4) | 5035 (38.9) | 2154 (36) | 3797 (39.2) |
| Higher secondary or above | 1012 (36.9) | 841 (6.5) | 1457 (24.4) | 396 (4.1) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Wealth Index | ||||
| Poorest | 302 (11) | 2744 (21.2) | 867 (14.5) | 2179 (22.5) |
| Poorer | 342 (12.5) | 2696 (20.8) | 958 (16) | 2080 (21.4) |
| Middle | 394 (14.4) | 2667 (20.6) | 1013 (16.9) | 2048 (21.1) |
| Richer | 586 (21.4) | 2555 (19.8) | 1257 (21) | 1884 (19.4) |
| Richest | 1115 (40.7) | 2273 (17.6) | 1882 (31.5) | 1506 (15.5) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Area of Residence | ||||
| Rural | 1409 (51.4) | 8574 (66.3) | 3457 (57.8) | 6526 (67.3) |
| Urban | 1330 (48.6) | 4361 (33.7) | 2520 (42.2) | 3171 (32.7) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Division | ||||
| Dhaka | 494 (18.0) | 1816 (14.0) | 994 (16.6) | 1316 (13.6) |
| Barishal | 240 (8.8) | 1432 (11.1) | 623 (10.4) | 1049 (10.8) |
| Chattogram | 423 (15.4) | 1753 (13.6) | 842 (14.1) | 1334 (13.8) |
| Khulna | 286 (10.4) | 1790 (13.8) | 751 (12.6) | 1325 (13.7) |
| Mymensingh | 244 (8.9) | 1469 (11.4) | 599 (10.0) | 1114 (11.5) |
| Rajshahi | 235 (8.6) | 1805 (14.0) | 661 (11.1) | 1379 (14.2) |
| Rangpur | 246 (9.0) | 1755 (13.6) | 613 (10.3) | 1388 (14.3) |
| Sylhet | 571 (20.8) | 1115 (8.6) | 894 (15.0) | 792 (8.2) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Islam | 2206 (80.5) | 11,848 (91.6) | 5115 (85.6) | 8939 (92.2) |
| Others | 533 (19.5) | 1087 (8.4) | 862 (14.4) | 758 (7.8) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Partner’s Age | ||||
| 15–34 | 688 (25.1) | 3400 (26.3) | 1432 (24.0) | 2656 (27.4) |
| 35–50 | 1483 (54.1) | 6054 (46.8) | 3029 (50.7) | 4508 (46.5) |
| >50 | 568 (20.7) | 3481 (26.9) | 1516 (25.4) | 2533 (26.1) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Partner’s Education | ||||
| None | 321 (11.7) | 3310 (25.6) | 1055 (17.7) | 2576 (26.6) |
| Primary | 615 (22.5) | 4509 (34.9) | 1582 (26.5) | 3542 (36.5) |
| Secondary | 790 (28.8) | 3661 (28.3) | 1725 (28.9) | 2726 (28.1) |
| Higher secondary or above | 1013 (37.0) | 1455 (11.2) | 1615 (27.0) | 853 (08.8) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Sex of Household Head | ||||
| Male | 2435 (88.9) | 11,467 (88.7) | 5296 (88.6) | 8606 (88.7) |
| Female | 304 (11.1) | 1468 (11.3) | 681 (11.4) | 1091 (11.3) |
| p-value | 0.732 | 0.804 | ||
| Working Status | ||||
| No working | 1524 (55.6) | 5804 (44.9) | 3086 (51.6) | 4242 (43.7) |
| Working | 1215 (44.4) | 7131 (55.1) | 2891 (48.4) | 5455 (56.3) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Mobile Phone Ownership | ||||
| No | 710 (25.9) | 5618 (43.4) | 2007 (33.6) | 4321 (44.6) |
| Yes | 2029 (74.1) | 7317 (56.6) | 3970 (66.4) | 5376 (55.4) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Media Exposure | ||||
| No | 711 (26) | 4932 (38.1) | 1823 (30.5) | 3820 (39.4) |
| Yes | 2028 (74) | 8003 (61.9) | 4154 (69.5) | 5877 (60.6) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| IPV Considered Justified | ||||
| No | 2337 (85.3) | 10,142 (78.4) | 4945 (82.7) | 7534 (77.7) |
| Yes | 402 (14.7) | 2793 (21.6) | 1032 (17.3) | 2163 (22.3) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Involvement in Decision Making | ||||
| No | 277 (10.1) | 1338 (10.3) | 590 (9.9) | 1025 (10.6) |
| Yes | 2462 (89.9) | 11,597 (89.7) | 5387 (90.1) | 8672 (89.4) |
| p-value | 0.768 | 0.170 | ||