Table 2 Distribution of survey samples according to demographic and socioeconomic variables among men and women in South and Southeast Asian countries in Demographic and Health Surveys
Variable | India Number (%) N = 74369 | Pakistan Number (%) N = 3134 | Nepal Number (%) N = 4121 | Bangladesh Number (%) N = 3771 | Maldives‡Number (%) N = 1727 | Indonesia‡Number (%) N = 9306 | Cambodia Number (%) N = 8239 | Timor Leste Number (%) N = 4076 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | ||||||||
Urban | 38199 (51.4) | 1521 (48.5) | 1351 (32.8) | 1443 (38.3) | 274 (15.9) | 4417 (47.5) | 2606 (31.6) | 1051 (24.9) |
Rural | 36170 (48.6) | 1613 (51.5) | 2770 (67.2) | 2328 (61.7) | 1453 (84.1) | 4889 (52.5) | 5633 (68.4) | 3061 (75.1) |
Age group (years) | ||||||||
15-29 | 36595 (49.2) | 750 (23.9) | 2269 (55.1) | 882 (23.4) | 385 (22.3) | 1630 (17.5) | 4657 (56.5) | 2227 (54.7) |
30-39 | 18904 (25.4) | 1224 (39.1) | 1025 (24.8) | 1196 (31.7) | 522 (30.2) | 3430 (36.9) | 1836 (22.3) | 981 (24.0) |
≥40¶ | 18870 (25.4) | 1160 (37.0) | 827 (20.1) | 1693 (44.9) | 820 (47.5) | 4246 (45.6) | 1746 (21.2) | 868 (21.3) |
Marital status | ||||||||
Currently married | 4484 (60.4) | 3085 (98.4) | 2625 (63.7) | 3734 (99.0) | 1645 (95.3) | 9260 (99.5) | 4755 (57.7) | 1993 (48.9) |
Single* | 29485 (39.6) | 49 (1.6) | 1493 (36.2) | 37 (1.0) | 82 (4.7) | -------------- | 3444 (41.8) | 1924 (47.2) |
Living with partner | -------------- | ------------- | 3 (0.1) | -------------- | --------------- | 46 (0.5) | 40 (0.5) | 159 (3.9) |
Educational level | ||||||||
No education | 10696 (14.4) | 849 (27.1) | 498 (12.1) | 1092 (29.0) | 646 (37.4) | 270 (2.9) | 676 (8.2) | 798 (19.6) |
Primary | 11474 (15.4) | 536 (17.1) | 815 (19.8) | 1205 (32.0) | 534 (30.9) | 3185 (34.2) | 3354 (40.7) | 1070 (26.3) |
Secondary | 40745 (54.8) | 1000 (31.9) | 2139 (51.9) | 944 (25.0) | 428 (24.8) | 4665 (50.1) | 3666 (44.5) | 2025 (49.7) |
Higher | 11423 (15.4) | 749 (23.9) | 669 (16.2) | 530 (14.1) | 119 (6.9) | 1186 (12.7) | 543 (6.6) | 183 (4.5) |
Wealth index | ||||||||
Poorest | 7085 (9.5) | 584 (18.6) | 711 (17.3) | 595 (15.8) | 351 (20.3) | 2319 (24.9) | 1412 (17.1) | 791 (19.4) |
Poorer | 10278 (13.8) | 581 (18.5) | 688 (16.7) | 718 (19.0) | 413 (23.9) | 1920 (20.6) | 1420 (17.2) | 824 (20.2) |
Middle | 14865 (20.0) | 548 (17.5) | 727 (17.6) | 746 (19.8) | 489 (28.3) | 1786 (19.2) | 1451 (17.6) | 828 (20.3) |
Richer | 19346 (26.0) | 641 (20.5) | 861 (20.9) | 739 (19.6) | 284 (16.4) | 1700 (18.3) | 1661 (20.2) | 876 (21.5) |
Richest | 22795 (30.7) | 780 (24.9) | 1134 (27.5) | 973 (25.8) | 190 (11.0) | 1581 (17.0) | 2295 (27.9) | 757 (18.6) |
Religion | ||||||||
Hindu | 54723 (73.6) | ------------ | 3486 (84.6) | 368 (9.8) | --------------- | --------------- | -------------- | 6 (0.1) |
Islam | 9583 (12.9) | ------------ | 107 (2.6) | 3380 (89.6) | --------------- | --------------- | 123 (1.5) | 5 (0.1) |
Buddhist | 1138 (1.5) | ------------ | 352 (8.5) | 9 (0.2) | --------------- | --------------- | 7812 (94.8) | 0 (0) |
Roman Catholic | 6651 (8.9) | ------------ | 80 (1.9) | 5 (0.1) | ---------------- | --------------- | 59 (0.7) | 4006 (98.3) |
Others | 2260 (3.0) | ------------ | 96 (2.3) | 0 (0) | --------------- | --------------- | 243 (2.9) | 59 (1.5) |
Missing | 14 (0.0) | ------------ | ------------ | 9 (0.2) | --------------- | --------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
India Number (%) N = 124385 | Pakistan Number (%) N = 13558 | Nepal Number (%) N = 12674 | Maldives ‡ Number (%) N = 7131 | Indonesia ‡ Number (%) N = 45607 | Cambodia Number (%) N = 18754 | Philippines Number (%) N = 13594 | Timor Leste Number (%) N = 13137 | |
Women | ||||||||
Urban | 56961 (45.8) | 6351 (46.8) | 3701 (29.2) | 1041 (14.6) | 22898 (50.2) | 6077 (32.4) | 6762 (49.7) | 3233 (24.6) |
Rural | 67424 (54.20) | 7207 (53.2) | 8973 (70.8) | 6090 (85.4) | 22709 (49.8) | 12677 (67.6) | 6832 (50.3) | 9904 (75.4) |
Age group (years) | ||||||||
15-29 | 67415 (54.2) | 5338 (39.4) | 7200 (56.8) | 3038 (42.6) | 20956 (45.9) | 10296 (54.9) | 6976 (51.3) | 7443 (56.7) |
30-39 | 34025 (27.4) | 4738 (34.9) | 3258 (25.7) | 2353 (33.0) | 13745 (30.2) | 4173 (22.2) | 3644 (26.8) | 3200 (24.4) |
40-49 | 22945 (18.4) | 3482 (25.7) | 2216 (17.5) | 1740 (24.4) | 10906 (23.9) | 4285 (22.9) | 2974 (21.9) | 2494 (18.9) |
Marital status | ||||||||
Currently married | 87925 (70.7) | 13010 (96.0) | 9459 (74.6) | 6558 (92.0) | 32361 (71.0) | 11439 (61.0) | 7071 (52.0) | 7548 (57.5) |
Single* | 36460 (29.3) | 548 (4.0) | 3214 (25.4) | 573 (8.0) | 12901 (28.2) | 7218 (38.6) | 5030 (37.0) | 5260 (40.0) |
Living with partner | ---------- | ----------- | 1 (0.0) | -------------- | 345 (0.8) | 97 (0.5) | 1493 (11.0) | 329 (2.5) |
Educational level | ||||||||
No education | 39769 (32.0) | 7625 (56.2) | 4877 (38.5) | 1941 (27.2) | 1622 (3.6) | 3203 (17.1) | 218 (1.6) | 3922 (29.9) |
Primary | 17756 (14.3) | 1831 (13.5) | 2149 (17.0) | 2503 (35.1) | 13732 (30.1) | 8796 (46.9) | 2840 (20.9) | 3112 (23.7) |
Secondary | 53882 (43.3) | 2415 (17.8) | 4584 (36.2) | 2384 (33.4) | 23759 (52.1) | 6141 (32.7) | 6267 (46.1) | 5804 (44.2) |
Higher | 12966 (10.4) | 1687 (12.4) | 1064 (8.4) | 303 (4.2) | 6494 (14.2) | 614 (3.3) | 4269 (31.4) | 299 (2.3) |
Wealth index | ||||||||
Poorest | 14077 (11.3) | 2486 (18.3) | 2446 (19.3) | 1578 (22.1) | 10642 (23.3) | 3260 (17.4) | 2562 (18.8) | 2544 (19.4) |
Poorer | 17652 (14.2) | 2586 (19.1) | 2296 (18.1) | 1850 (25.9) | 9187 (20.1) | 3159 (16.8) | 2664 (19.6) | 2562 (19.5) |
Middle | 23682 (19.0) | 2589 (19.1) | 2336 (18.4) | 1931 (27.1) | 8678 (19.0) | 3242 (17.3) | 2648 (19.5) | 2715 (20.7) |
Richer | 30136 (24.2) | 2657 (19.6) | 2516 (19.9) | 1112 (15.6) | 8478 (18.6) | 3735 (19.9) | 2771 (20.4) | 2820 (21.5) |
Richest | 38838 (31.2) | 3240 (23.9) | 3080 (24.3) | 660 (9.3) | 8622 (18.9) | 5358 (28.6) | 2949 (21.7) | 2496 (19.0) |
Religion | ||||||||
Hindu | 89957 (72.3) | ------------ | 10829 (85.4) | -------------- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | 18 (0.1) |
Islam | 16742 (13.5) | ------------ | 331 (2.6) | -------------- | -------------- | 312 (1.7) | 887 (6.5) | 20 (0.2) |
Buddhist | 1765 (1.4) | ------------ | 1058 (8.3) | -------------- | -------------- | 17799 (94.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Roman Catholic | 10977 (8.8) | ------------ | 236 (1.9) | -------------- | -------------- | 111 (0.6) | 10453 (76.9) | 12833 (97.7) |
Others | 4786 (3.9) | ------------ | 220 (1.7) | -------------- | -------------- | 528 (2.8) | 2254 (16.6) | 266 (2.0) |
Missing | 158 (0.1) | ------------ | -------------- | -------------- | --------------- | 4 (0.0) | -------------- | ------------- |