Sex RatioUrban PopulationDeveloping CountriesSex DistributionSex FactorsPopulation CharacteristicsDemographic FactorsPopulationThis paper examines the gender ratios of the Statistical Metropolitan Areas (SMAs) of Bangladesh for the last intercensal period (1981-1991) and discusses the factors that are ...
After adjustment for hypertension, diabetes, side of eye with cataract, and age above 65, women were more likely to come to surgery after VA became less than 6/60 (adjusted odds ratio = 1.19; 95% confidence interval = 1.1-1.29).Gender appeared to play a role in seeking treatment at ...
This chapter sets the scene by exploring the motives, methods and magnitudes of gender-biased sex selection (GBSS) drawing from socio-demographic and anthropological research. It starts out by discussing the motives (or reasons) behind GBSS, reviewing ge
According to Billingsley (2011), who considers women with two children in Armenia using DHS2005, both women who have two sons and women who have two daughters have a higher propensity to desire one more child compared to women who have a daughter and a son (although the odds ratio of ...
Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Bangladeshi adults: findings from a national cross-section... Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Bangladeshi adults: findings from a national cross-...
Gender differences in tuberculosis: a prevalence survey done in Bangladesh. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004;8:952-7.Hamid Salim M A, Declercq E, Van Deun A, Saki K A. Gender difference in tuberculosis: a prevalence survey done in Bangladesh. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004; 8: 952-957....
However, in a recent study in Bangladesh, which belongs to a semiconservative social structure, women were more affected by Chikungunya, another arboviral disease (Anwar et al., 2020b). Nevertheless, arboviral diseases have a different transmission mode than COVID-19, and gender risks and ...
(complete coverage), indicating individual participation in the welfare system. Industry upgrade index, defined as the ratio of tertiary to secondary industry value-added, indicating provincial industrial advancement. The labour dispute success rate, a three-year average, measures successful labour dispute...
The impact of gender-related aspects, however, is not negligible. A study conducted in a pediatric Bangladeshi population [22] showed that among patients hospitalized for CAP, a higher proportion of females presented with severe pneumonia as compared to males, with also a fourfold higher death ra...
Although there is rapid uptake of mobile phone use in Bangladesh, investigation of gender differences in the ownership, access and use of mobile phones in general and mHealth in particular has been limited. This paper presents gender differentials in the ownership of mobile phones and knowledge of...