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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 1717)

From: Willingness to pay for a 4% chlorhexidine (7.1% chlorhexidine digluconate) product for umbilical cord care in rural Bangladesh: a contingency valuation study

Variables

Abhoynagar %

Mirsarai %

 

n = 854

n = 863

Age in years

Wife n = 433

Husband n = 421

Total n = 854

Wife n = 439

Husband n = 424

Total n = 863

<20

23.1

0.0

11.8

13.8

0.2

7.2

20–24

38.2

14.6

26.7

39.1

7.4

23.7

25–29

23.3

34.7

28.9

30.5

22.7

26.7

30–34

10.8

20.3

15.4

12.0

28.7

20.1

35–39

4.1

15.6

9.7

3.8

19.9

11.6

40+

0.5

14.8

7.5

0.9

21.1

10.7

Median age in years

22

30

26

24

32

28

Education/schooling

      

No school; can’t sign

1.4

4.3

2.8

4.1

9.3

6.6

No school; can sign

8.5

11.0

9.7

13.1

21.5

17.2

Primary school incomplete (1–5 years)

12.6

22.5

17.4

11.7

20.8

16.1

Primary school complete

11.7

9.1

10.4

8.1

6.0

7.1

Secondary school incomplete (6–10 years)

55.6

37.1

46.5

53.5

28.9

41.6

Secondary school complete

5.5

6.0

5.7

4.5

7.2

5.8

High school incomplete

0.9

2.4

1.6

2.9

0.7

1.9

High school complete

2.7

5.3

4.0

2.0

2.6

2.3

Degree/graduation complete

0.2

1.4

0.8

0.0

1.9

0.9

Other

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.0

1.0

0.5

Occupation

      

Housewife

98.4

0.0

50.3

99.3

0.0

51.1

Farmer/agriculture

0.5

20.3

10.2

0.0

16.7

8.1

Small trade

0.0

24.6

12.0

0.0

31.6

15.3

Day laborer

0.2

15.1

7.5

0.7

10.5

5.5

Rickshaw/van puller

0.0

6.7

3.3

0.0

6.0

2.9

Hawker

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

1.0

0.5

Driver

0.0

2.2

1.1

0.0

5.7

2.8

Petty job

0.5

22.7

11.3

0.0

19.9

9.6

Unemployed

0.0

3.7

1.9

0.0

5.5

2.7

Other

0.5

4.3

2.3

0.0

3.1

1.5

Number of children

Abhoynagar %

Mirsarai %

 

n = 854

n = 863

0

20.5

21.8

1

37.2

32.9

2

25.1

23.3

3

12.6

14.1

4+

25.1

7.9