Table 2.
Number of births with short birth intervals (weighted prevalence) in Bangladesh by place of residence and administrative division, BDHS 2017/18 (N = 5941).
| Short birth interval (weighted) | Chi-square test | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 1566) | No (n = 4398) | ||
| Place of residence | |||
| Urban | 1191 (75.66) | 3207 (24.34) | p < 0.05 |
| Rural | 375 (72.93) | 1191 (27.07) | |
| Division | |||
| Barishal | 72 (21.46) | 262 (78.54) | p < 0.01 |
| Chattogram | 379 (28.86) | 933 (71.14) | |
| Dhaka | 352 (24.02) | 1114 (75.98) | |
| Khulna | 100 (19.99) | 402 (80.01) | |
| Mymensingh | 142 (28.08) | 365 (71.92) | |
| Rajshahi | 137 (21.39) | 505 (78.61) | |
| Rangpur | 130 (20.72) | 496 (79.28) | |
| Sylhet | 254 (45.99) | 298 (54.01) | |
Numbers within the parenthesis are weighted prevalence.