Table 2.
Household and individual characteristics of respondents, by sex of respondent and FAARM intervention group.
| Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | |
| % or mean | % or mean | % or mean | % or mean | |
| Education1 | ||||
| No education | 19% | 19% | 37% | 37% |
| Partial primary | 22% | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Complete primary | 24% | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| Any secondary education | 35% | 40% | 27% | 26% |
| Household wealth tercile1# | ||||
| Lower | 44% | 41% | 45% | 42% |
| Middle | 35% | 37% | 35% | 37% |
| Upper | 20% | 23% | 19% | 21% |
| Other household characteristics | ||||
| Hindu1 | 29% | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Nuclear family at baseline1 | 40% | 44% | 40% | 43% |
| Nuclear family at pro-WEAI2 | 59% | 55% | 59% | 54% |
| Mean of continuous variables | ||||
| Age in years1 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 33.1 | 33.4 |
| Years since marriage1 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Household members2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| Decisions made by women*1 | ||||
| Food preparation | 72% | 78% | ||
| Major purchases | 28% | 29% | ||
| Daily purchases | 55% | 52% | ||
| Own healthcare | 26% | 25% | ||
| Mobility (last month)*1 | ||||
| Market | 4% | 3% | ||
| Health facility | 8% | 7% | ||
| Community meeting | 2% | 0% | ||
| Relative's or friend's house | 23% | 19% | ||
The FAARM trial was undertaken in Habiganj District, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. n = 885 except for where *n = 883 due to missing information.
# Wealth terciles are constructed for the FAARM study population as a whole and weighted by household size.
1 Data source: FAARM baseline survey (March–May 2015).
2 Data source: pro-WEAI survey (April–May 2019).