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Table 1 Characteristics of 12 pregnant or recently pregnant respondents

From: Influence of gender roles and rising food prices on poor, pregnant women’s eating and food provisioning practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name

Age

Months pregnant

Number of living children

Highest level of education attained (class)

Rural migrant? (Y/N)

Husband’s occupation

Estimated reported household daily income from husband’s work (BDT)*

Jorina

28

9

2

7

Y

Tea vendor

150-200

Rokeya

22

8

0

2

Y

Rickshaw puller

200

Assia

22

2

0

n/a

Y

Water delivery

n/a

Ruma

20

new mother

1

5

N

Tailor

150

Jasmine

18

7

0

8

Y

Fish merchant

100-150

Mony

25

8

2

0

Y

Rickshaw puller

250

Jinna

18

new mother

0

3

Y

Rickshaw puller

100-150

Moklima

30

8

2

0

Y

Moori wallah

60-80

Mokta

19

3

0

n/a

Y

Rickshaw puller

100-150

Parul

19

4

0

0

Y

Rickshaw puller

130

Reshmi

16

5

0

0

Y

Rickshaw puller

100-150

Runa

18

7

1

0

Y

Hotel staff

200

  1. *At the time of data collection in 2010, 71 BDT = 1 CAD.