Table 1 Percentage of undesired children by selected socioeconomic characteristics
Background characteristics | Excess of boy | Excess of girl | Dual excess | Excess of parity | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex of last child | *** | *** | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 29.1 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 24.7 | 3694 |
Female | 8.3 | 33.7 | 3.5 | 26.2 | 3309 |
Year of birth of children | |||||
 2014 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 4.3 | 26.6 | 1706 |
 2015 | 18.6 | 19.6 | 3.6 | 25.1 | 1731 |
 2016 | 17.5 | 22.7 | 3.2 | 24.9 | 1765 |
 2017 | 19.0 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 24.9 | 1729 |
 2018 | 25.0 | 26.4 | 12.5 | 31.9 | 72 |
Current age of women | *** | *** | *** | *** | Â |
15–24 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 3537 |
20–34 | 28.2 | 31.0 | 5.5 | 41.4 | 3003 |
35–49 | 43.6 | 51.9 | 18.1 | 71.5 | 463 |
Age of motherhood | *** | *** | *** | *** | Â |
11–19 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1860 |
20–34 | 23.4 | 26.0 | 4.0 | 31.5 | 4851 |
35–49 | 43.2 | 55.8 | 22.6 | 73.6 | 292 |
Place of residence | ** | Â | ** | ** | Â |
Urban | 17.1 | 20.1 | 3.0 | 23.3 | 1916 |
Rural | 20.0 | 22.1 | 4.0 | 26.2 | 5088 |
Division (Region) | Â | * | *** | *** | Â |
Barisal | 20.1 | 19.3 | 2.6 | 28.3 | 378 |
Chattogram | 19.2 | 22.3 | 4.3 | 27.1 | 1480 |
Dhaka | 18.2 | 21.6 | 4.1 | 23.7 | 1812 |
Khulna | 17.4 | 21.0 | 2.2 | 21.6 | 625 |
Rajshahi | 22.7 | 22.5 | 5.7 | 29.4 | 599 |
Rangpur | 18.2 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 22.1 | 817 |
Sylhet | 19.5 | 23.6 | 2.7 | 27.5 | 730 |
Religion | *** | Â | ** | *** | Â |
Muslim | 19.7 | 21.8 | 3.9 | 26.1 | 6429 |
Other | 13.6 | 18.6 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 574 |
Household wealth index | *** | *** | *** | *** | Â |
Poor | 22.5 | 24.7 | 5.1 | 31.2 | 2899 |
Middle | 18.7 | 20.6 | 3.7 | 23.3 | 2743 |
Rich | 13.4 | 16.5 | 0.9 | 17.3 | 1361 |
Educational level of women | *** | *** | *** | *** | Â |
No education | 35.1 | 39.0 | 13.6 | 51.5 | 478 |
Primary | 25.1 | 27.2 | 6.1 | 35.6 | 1989 |
Secondary | 16.7 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 21.1 | 3417 |
Higher | 9.8 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 1120 |
Husband's education level | *** | *** | *** | *** | Â |
No education | 30.9 | 31.8 | 9.1 | 45.5 | 990 |
Primary | 20.9 | 24.5 | 4.6 | 28.4 | 2363 |
Secondary | 15.7 | 19.2 | 2.2 | 20.4 | 2293 |
Higher | 13.3 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 1234 |
Access to any media for FP | ** | Â | ** | *** | Â |
No | 19.9 | 21.9 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 5828 |
Yes | 16.0 | 19.7 | 2.5 | 20.2 | 1176 |
Working status of women | *** | *** | ** | *** | Â |
No | 16.5 | 19.3 | 3.1 | 21.5 | 4249 |
Yes | 23.4 | 25.0 | 4.7 | 31.4 | 2754 |
Women's participating in household decision making | ** | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Low | 19.2 | 18.5 | 1.9 | 26.2 | 260 |
Moderate | 19.9 | 22.5 | 3.9 | 26.3 | 5821 |
High | 15.2 | 16.6 | 3.3 | 19.5 | 922 |
Wife beating justified | Â | Â | Â | ** | Â |
No | 19.1 | 21.6 | 3.9 | 24.8 | 5711 |
Yes | 19.8 | 21.4 | 3.0 | 28.3 | 1292 |
Total | 19.2 | 21.5 | 3.7 | 25.4 | 7003 |