Table 2 Selected socioeconomic characteristics of households overall and by country (n = 789)
From: Measuring socioeconomic status in multicountry studies: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study
Overall | Bangladesh | Brazil | India | Nepal | Pakistan | Peru | South Africa | Tanzania | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size | 789 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 99 | |
Wealth indicators | Separate room for a kitchen | 50% | 10% | 87% | 23% | 73% | 27% | 85% | 74% | 21% |
Household bank account | 31% | 23% | 21% | 10% | 62% | 39% | 15% | 76% | 2% | |
Mattress | 58% | 66% | 98% | 1% | 99% | 13% | 82% | 66% | 39% | |
Refrigerator | 31% | 12% | 88% | 3% | 24% | 27% | 21% | 78% | 0% | |
TV | 63% | 55% | 97% | 69% | 90% | 61% | 68% | 68% | 0% | |
People per room (mean) | 1.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | |
Table | 57% | 29% | 86% | 21% | 65% | 50% | 100% | 74% | 33% | |
Chair or bench | 61% | 37% | 94% | 59% | 68% | 21% | 95% | 95% | 16% | |
Education | Mean maternal education (years) | 6.4 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 5.3 |
Hygiene | Improved water source | 86% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 100% | 98% | 65% | 28% |
Improved sanitation facility | 72% | 100% | 100% | 37% | 100% | 74% | 84% | 84% | 1% |