Socio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill Tracts - chtdf

HDRCSocio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill TractsCHAPTER IVHOUSEHOLDBACKGROUND INFORMATION324.1As in other parts of the country, a ‘household’ is the smallest unit of social institution inCHT. Almost all the socio-economic activities arebeing performed around this unit. It isdefinedd as a dwelling unit where one or more persons live andeat together under a commoncookingarrangement. Matrimonial or blood-relatedrelations exist among most of the personswho reside in the dwelling (BBS, 2007a) .4.2In order to obtain an idea about thehousehold (HH) size in therural CHT,Figure 4.1: Household size of CHT by communityinformation about the numberof householdAll CHT5.2members have been gathered in the survey.IPs : All5.1The findings reveal that on average a CHTBangalee5.4household comprises 5.2 members (FigureBawm5.84.1), which is slightly larger than theChak5.2national average (4.8 members). AmongChakma5indigenous communities the same is 5.1, Khiang5.5Khumi6. .2while an average Bangalee householdLusai5comprises of 5.4persons. The surveyMarma4.9reveals that the Mros, the Khumis, theMro6.3Bawmsand Tanchangyas have relativelyPangkhua4.5larger number of household members (6.3,Tanchangya5.76.2, 5.8and 5.7 respectively)as comparedTripura5.5to othercommunities. An average Chakmahousehold consistss of about 5 members. The Pangkhuas have the average HH size of4.5 andthe Marmas 4.9.4.34.3.1IntroductionHouseholdsizeAgeAge StructureAnalysis of age structure shows thatmajorityof theCHT population iscomparatively young, so asthe overallBangladesh population. About 58% of thepopulation is below24 years of age whichis similar to that of national average. InCHT, slightly over 5% people belong toage group above 60, while nationally thesame isabout 6% .The composition of agestructure of indigenouscommunitiescombined as well as the Bangalees followsalmost similar pattern and the survey hasrevealedno major variation(see AnnexTable 4.1).12.712.990-4Figure 4.2: Percentage distribution of populationby age groups14.113.5512.712.818.718.4715.115.7510.811.475-9 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-59 60+Age rangeAll CHT Nationally10.28.855.56.13