Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of three study populations, by sex
Bangladesh | India | Nepal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Number of participants | 3798 | 3837 | 109,527 | 689,131 | 6114 | 8633 |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 51.7 (12.9) | 50.4 (12.5) | 31.7 (11.1) | 29.8 (9.8) | 40.1 (18.2) | 36.9 (16.9) |
Type of place of residence, n (%) | ||||||
Urban | 1253 (33.0) | 1254 (32.7) | 34,137 (31.2) | 199,227 (28.9) | 3884 (63.5) | 5459 (63.2) |
Rural | 2545 (67.0) | 2583 (67.3) | 75,390 (68.8) | 489,904 (71.1) | 2230 (36.5) | 3174 (36.8) |
Highest educational level attained, n (%) | ||||||
No education, preschool | 1330 (35.0) | 2112 (55.0) | 13,874 (12.7) | 186,695 (27.1) | 1428 (23.4) | 4089 (47.4) |
Primary | 1076 (28.3) | 1035 (27.0) | 14,250 (13.0) | 93,170 (13.5) | 1278 (20.9) | 1141 (13.2) |
Secondary | 890 (23.4) | 538 (14.0) | 64,081 (58.5) | 330,514 (48.0) | 2398 (39.2) | 2440 (28.3) |
Higher | 502 (13.2) | 152 (4.0) | 17,064 (15.6) | 77,464 (11.2) | 1005 (16.4) | 959 (11.1) |
Wealth index, n (%) | ||||||
Poorest | 681 (17.9) | 664 (17.3) | 18,302 (16.7) | 132,389 (19.2) | 1293 (21.1) | 1917 (22.2) |
Poorer | 702 (18.5) | 686 (17.9) | 22,874 (20.9) | 147,995 (21.5) | 1241 (20.3) | 1792 (20.8) |
Middle | 732 (19.3) | 750 (19.5) | 23,782 (21.7) | 145,007 (21.0) | 1185 (19.4) | 1754 (20.3) |
Richer | 769 (20.2) | 816 (21.3) | 22,620 (20.7) | 135,960 (19.7) | 1276 (20.9) | 1738 (20.1) |
Richest | 914 (24.1) | 921 (24.0) | 21,949 (20.0) | 127,780 (18.5) | 1119 (18.3) | 1432 (16.6) |