Table 1.
Characteristics of the respondents (N = 5941).
| Characteristics | Crude estimate | Age-standardised estimatea |
|---|---|---|
| Women age at most recent child, mean years (± SD) | 25.93 (5.13) | – |
| Women age at the first birth (± SD) | 18.14 (3.10) | – |
| Women’s education, mean years (± SD) | 6.12 (3.70) | 6.47 (3.73) |
| Children ever born, mean number (± SD) | 2.85 (1.18) | 2.13 (1.26) |
| Mother engaged in a formal job, prevalence (95% CI) | 46.81 (44.39–49.24) | 44.0 (41.98–47.12) |
| Female sex of the household’s head | 13.91 (12.55–15.39) | 13.20 (11.98–15.30) |
| Women highly exposed to mass media | 48.21 (45.57–50.86) | 47.83 (45.66–49.59) |
| The child born from the second most pregnancy died | 8.12 (7.20–9.15) | 8.04 (7.23–9.13) |
| Birth interval | ||
| Prevalence of short birth interval (95% CI) | 26.26 (24.84–27.94) | 25.6 (22.9–28.8) |
| Prevalence of non-short birth interval (95% CI) | 73.64 (72.06–75.16) | 74.0 (41.2–75.8) |
aAge-standardisation was performed using the age structure of women of 15–49 years included in the 2011 Bangladesh National Census.