Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of the participants, a cross-sectional study of primary health care seeking behaviour of adults with physical disabilities in Bangladesh, November–December 2014
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
18–30 | 120 (43) |
31–45 | 96 (34) |
46–59 | 45 (16) |
60–80 | 21 (7) |
Sex | |
Male | 237 (84) |
Female | 45 (16) |
Religion | |
Muslim | 259 (92) |
Hindu | 23(8) |
Educational attainment | |
Less than primary education | 76 (27) |
Primary education | 78 (28) |
Lower secondary education | 43 (15) |
Upper secondary education | 43 (15) |
Post-secondary or above | 42 (15) |
Occupation | |
Elementary occupation | 18 (6) |
Government, NGO or private employee | 37 (13) |
Small business | 54 (19) |
Student | 42 (15) |
Homemaker | 23 (8) |
Unemployed | 108 (38) |
Mean monthly income (USD) | |
Individual | 77 |
Household (HH) | 265 |
Form of impairment | |
Paraplegia/tetraplegia | 123 (44) |
Hemiplegia | 50 (18) |
Others | 109 (39) |
Type of mobility aids used | |
Wheel chair | 138 (49) |
Crutch or stick | 89 (32) |
No mobility aid | 55 (19) |
Area of residence | |
Urban | 168 (60) |
Rural | 114 (40) |
Last illness suffered | |
UTI | 26 (11) |
Sores/ulcers | 16 (6) |
Fever | 82 (34) |
Pain | 52 (22) |
Diarrhea | 17 (7) |
Others | 47 (20) |
Key earning member in the HH | |
Participant | 101(36) |
Father or Mother | 77 (27) |
Brother or Sister | 31 (11) |
Wife | 39 (14) |
Others | 34 (12) |
HH key Earner’s educational attainment | |
Less than primary education | 98 (35) |
Primary education | 69 (24) |
Lower secondary education | 31 (11) |
Upper secondary education | 37 (13) |
Post-secondary or above | 47 (17) |
HH key earner’s occupation | |
Elementary occupation | 45 (16) |
Government, NGO or private employees | 80 (28) |
Business | 109 (39) |
Unemployed | 48 (17) |