Bangladesh 2014

TABLES AND FIGURES
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
Table 1.1 Basic demographic indicators ................................................................................ 2
Table 1.2 Results of the household and individual interviews ............................................... 7
2 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS AND HOUSEHOLD POPULATION ................................ 9
Table 2.1 Household drinking water .................................................................................... 10
Table 2.2 Household sanitation facilities ............................................................................. 11
Table 2.3 Hand washing: availability of cleansing agents ................................................... 12
Table 2.4 Hand washing: location ........................................................................................ 13
Table 2.5 Housing characteristics ........................................................................................ 14
Table 2.6 Cooking amenity .................................................................................................. 15
Table 2.7 Household possessions ......................................................................................... 15
Table 2.8 Wealth quintiles ................................................................................................... 17
Table 2.9 Household population by age, sex, and residence ................................................ 17
Table 2.10 Trends in population by age ................................................................................. 19
Table 2.11 Household composition ....................................................................................... 19
Table 2.12 Birth registration of children under age 5 ............................................................ 20
Table 2.13 School attendance ................................................................................................ 21
Table 2.14.1 Educational attainment of the male household population .................................. 22
Table 2.14.2 Educational attainment of the female household population ............................... 23
Table 2.15 School attendance ratios ...................................................................................... 25
Table 2.16 Employment status ............................................................................................... 26
Table 2.17 Availability of mobile phone among household members ................................... 27
Figure 2.1 Availability of electricity by urban-rural residence ............................................. 13
Figure 2.2 Population pyramid .............................................................................................. 18
Figure 2.3 Household age distribution by sex ....................................................................... 18
Figure 2.4 Trend in completed median of years of schooling of men and women
age 6 and over, 1999-2014 ................................................................................... 24
Figure 2.5 Age-specific attendance rates of the de facto population age 5-24 ...................... 26
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS ............................................................................. 29
Table 3.1 Background characteristics of respondents .......................................................... 29
Table 3.2 Educational attainment ......................................................................................... 30
Table 3.3 Literacy ................................................................................................................ 32
Table 3.4 Exposure to mass media ....................................................................................... 33
Table 3.5 Employment status ............................................................................................... 35
Table 3.6 Occupation ........................................................................................................... 36
Table 3.7 Type of employment ............................................................................................ 37
Figure 3.1 Trends in education of ever-married women, 2007-2014 .................................... 31
Figure 3.2 Trends in exposure to mass media of ever-married women, 2007-2014 ............. 34
4 MARRIAGE AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY .................................................................................. 39
Table 4.1 Current marital status ........................................................................................... 40
Table 4.2 Trends in proportion never married ..................................................................... 40
Table 4.3 Age at first marriage ............................................................................................ 41
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