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Table 2 Background and demographic characteristics of the women in survey

From: Assessing risk factors for malnutrition among women in Bangladesh and forecasting malnutrition using machine learning approaches

Factor

Category

No. of observations

Percentage

Age (AG)

15-24(A1)

4311

25.32

25-34(A2)

6126

35.99

35-49(A3)

6585

38.69

Total

17022

100

Residence (RE)

Rural(Ru)

10839

63.68

Urban(Ur)

6183

36.32

Total

17022

100

Division (DIV)

Barisal(Br)

1804

10.59

Chattogram(Ch)

2359

13.86

Dhaka(Dh)

2535

14.89

Khulna(Kh)

2283

13.41

Mymensingh(My)

1859

10.92

Rajshahi(Rj)

2221

13.05

Rangpur(Rn)

2151

12.64

Sylhet(Sy)

1810

10.63

Total

17022

100

(Barisal,Chattagram,

8981

52.76

Dhaka,Khulna)(Sou)

  

(Mymensingh,Rajshahi,

8041

47.24

Rangpur,Sylhet)(Nor)

  

Wealth Index (WI)

Poor(P)

6510

38.24

Middle(M)

3307

19.43

Rich(R)

7205

42.33

Total

17022

100

Education (ED)

No education(NE)

2667

15.67

Primary(Pri)

5500

32.31

Secondary(Sec)

6603

38.79

Higher(High)

2252

13.23

Total

17022

100

Currently Working (CW)

No(N)

8609

50.58

Yes(Y)

8413

49.42

Total

17022

100

Currently Pregnant (CP)

No(N)

16106

94.62

Yes(Y)

916

5.38

Total

17022

100

Currently Breastfeeding (CB)

No(N)

13559

79.66

Yes(Y)

3463

20.34

Total

17022

100

Children Ever Born (CH)

None(No)

1447

8.50

1-2(\(>=\)2)

8369

49.17

3 or more(<2)

7206

42.33

Total

17022

100

Birth in last 5 years (B5)

None(No)

10566

62.07

1-2(\(>=\)2)

6407

37.64

3 or more(<2)

49

0.29

Total

17022

100

Partner Education (PE)

No education(NE)

3746

22.01

Primary(Pri)

5510

32.37

Secondary(Sec)

4957

29.12

Higher(High)

2809

16.50

Total

17022

100

Water Source (WS)

Safe(SF)

16663

97.89

Unsafe(USF)

359

2.10

Total

17022

100

Toilet Facility (TF)

Hygenic(HY)

12035

70.70

Unhygenic(UHY)

4987

29.29

Total

17022

100

Cooking Fuel (CF)

Improved(I)

3393

19.93

Unimproved(UI)

13629

80.07

Total

17022

100