Table 1 Characteristics of women who gave at least one live birth within 3 years prior to the 2017/2018 BDHS survey and were not in the post-partum amenorrhea period at the time of survey (n = 4126)
Variables | Percent (95% CI) |
|---|---|
Pregnancy intention at conception | |
Wanted | 79.2 (77.9–80.5) |
Mistimed | 13.2 (12.2–14.4) |
Unwanted | 7.6 (6.7–8.5) |
Women’s age (in years) at birth of last child | |
Mean (± SE) | 23.92 (± 0.09) |
≤ 19 | 25.9 (24.4–27.5) |
20–34 | 69.9 (68.2–71.5) |
≥ 35 | 4.2 (3.6–4.9) |
Women’s education | |
Mean years of schooling (± SE) | 6.98 (± 0.09) |
No formal education | 6.3 (5.4–7.3) |
Primary | 27.4 (25.5–29.3) |
Secondary | 49.2 (47.3–51.2) |
Higher | 17.1 (15.5–18.8) |
Maternal parity | |
Mean number (± SE) | 2.11 (± 0.02) |
1 child | 38.9 (37.3–40.6) |
2 children | 32.8 (31.2–34.4) |
3 and more children | 28.3 (26.6–30.1) |
Pregnancy desire | |
Wants within 2 years | 4.8 (4.1–5.7) |
Wants after 2 years | 46.0 (44.2–47.8) |
Wants no more | 49.2 (47.4–51.0) |
Husbands’ education | |
Mean years of schooling (± SE | 6.76 (± 0.11) |
No formal education | 14.1 (12.6–15.8) |
Primary | 33.9 (32.0–35.9) |
Secondary | 33.7 (31.9–35.5) |
Higher | 18.3 (16.7–20.0) |
Husbands’ occupation | |
Agricultural work | 19.3 (17.5–21.2) |
Physical labourer | 53.3 (51.1–55.4) |
Services | 5.8 (5.0–6.8) |
Business | 21.0 (19.4–22.7) |
Other | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) |
Household wealth quintile | |
Poorest | 20.6 (18.5–22.8) |
Poorer | 20.7 (19.1–22.4) |
Middle | 18.7 (17.1–20.4) |
Richer | 20.2 (18.4–22.1) |
Richest | 19.9 (17.9–22.1) |
Place of residence | |
Urban | 26.9 (25.1–28.8) |
Rural | 73.1 (71.2–74.9) |
Division of residence | |
Barishal | 5.6 (5.0–6.2) |
Chattogram | 20.8 (19.0–22.8) |
Dhaka | 25.9 (24.0–27.8) |
Khulna | 9.1 (8.2–10.2) |
Mymensingh | 8.5 (7.6–9.5) |
Rajshahi | 11.9 (10.6–13.4) |
Rangpur | 10.7 (9.6–11.9) |
Sylhet | 7.5 (6.6–8.5) |