RURAL BANGLADESH - PreventionWeb

Socioeconomic Profile Findings
12 percent respectively) of children in the Coastal and Haor regions attend the Madrasha
system.
Table 10: Type of school by WFP Priority Zone
% within WFP priority zone
Govt. school
Private school
NGO run school
Madrasha
N
1.4 HEALTH
% within WFP priority zone
Long-term illness
Short-term illness
Disabled
Both
Good
N
Type of school
WFP priority zone
CHT Coastal Drought N/W Char Haor Total
40.2% 57.7% 44.8% 41.6% 46.6% 53.4% 47.1%
39.9% 22.9% 36.6% 41.4% 37.3% 26.5% 35.0%
16.3% 5.0% 9.1% 8.7% 7.8% 8.2% 8.3%
3.6% 14.4% 9.5% 8.3% 8.2% 11.9% 9.6%
694 700 484 551 549 539 3517
Almost 80 percent of the population aged 15 years and above consider themselves to be in
good health. The one zone reporting relatively low health status was the Coastal region,
where 64 percent of adults reported good health. On the other hand, in the Drought-prone
region almost 90 percent reported being in good health. (This difference is statistically
significant.) Approximately seven percent of individuals have reported a long-term illness
(defined as being ill for more than three months). Health status is apparently lagging in the
Coastal region, which reported the highest rate of long-term illness – 10 percent of the
population – as well as the highest proportion of short term illnesses (nearly 15 percent)
Table 11: Health Status of members aged 15 and above by WFP Priority Zone
Health status of household members
WFP priority zone
CHT Coastal Drought N/W Char Haor
7.8% 10.0% 5.0% 5.4% 8.5% 6.7% 7.3%
8.8% 14.4% 5.3% 4.6% 11.5% 5.8% 8.6%
.1% .6% .4% .6% .6% .5% .5%
.1% 10.7% .4% 1.7% 4.3% 12.6% 4.9%
83% 64.4% 89.0% 87.7% 75.1% 74.5% 78.7%
1391 1443 1268 1303 1318 1213 7936
Women reported higher rates of long-term illness than their male counterparts. More than 68
percent of those ill for more than three months are elderly (defined as more than 40 years
old).
A larger proportion of invisible poor households (56 percent) suffered from illness within
two weeks prior to the survey, compared to relatively non-vulnerable households (48
percent). The Chi-squared value of 60367.43 is statistically significant, indicating a
relationship between household vulnerability and illness. This is significant as well, given
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