Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

Chapter Five: Housing, Access to Sanitary Toilet and Electricity......................................................61
5.1 Housing .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 63
5.2 Access to Sanitary Toilet...................................................................................................................................................................... 66
5.3 Access to Electricity............................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Chapter Six: Situation in Urban Areas: The Case of Dhaka City Corporation..................................79
6.1 Population Distribution and Demographic Situation.............................................................................................................. 82
6.2 Literacy, School Attendance and Educational Attainment..................................................................................................... 86
6.3 Female Teenage (15-19 years) Marriage........................................................................................................................................ 91
6.4 Real Child Worker and the Areas of Employment...................................................................................................................... 91
6.5 Housing, Access to Sanitary Toilet and Electricity...................................................................................................................... 95
Chapter Seven: Pockets of Social Deprivation...................................................................................97
7.1 Social Deprivation Maps....................................................................................................................................................................100
7.2 Emerging Patterns and Pockets of Social Deprivation...........................................................................................................109
7.3 Uncovering the Disparities and Uniformities............................................................................................................................110
7.4 Progress has been Least in the Most Deprived Areas.............................................................................................................114
Chapter Eight: Summary and Conclusion.........................................................................................115
8.1 Final Highlights, Observations and Key Recommendations................................................................................................118
Reference............................................................................................................................................122
Annexure.............................................................................................................................................123
List of Tables
Table 1.1: Comparison of Bangladesh population and housing census 2011 and other data sets.........................................9
Table 1.2: Comparison of the selected indicators between population and housing census 2001 and 2011................. 10
Table 2.1: Population density (population/sq.km.): Lowest and highest density districts, Bangladesh, 2011................. 14
Table 2.2: Proportion of population below 18 years: Lowest and highest districts, Bangladesh, 2011............................... 18
Table 2.3: Population of children below 5 years: Lowest and highest districts, Bangladesh, 2011....................................... 21
Table 2.4: Proportion of female teenage (15-19 years) married population: Low and high
prevalence districts, Bangladesh, 2011.................................................................................................................................. 21
Table 2.5: Prevalence of female headed households (per cent): Lowest and highest districts, Bangladesh, 2011.........................23
Table 3.1: Female adult (15 years and above) literacy rate: Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011............................ 35
Table 3.2: Youth literacy rate (15-24 years): Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011.......................................................... 38
Table 3.3: School attendance rate at 5 years of age: Highest and lowest districts, Bangladesh, 2011................................ 45
Table 3.4: Proportion of out of school children (6-10 years): best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011......................... 48
Table 3.5: Net attendance rate at secondary school: Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011........................................ 51
Table 4.1: Proportion of real child worker (10-14 years): Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011................................. 56
Table 5.1: Proportion of households living in ‘pucca’ houses: Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011........................ 66
Table 5.2: Proportion of households living in ‘kutcha’ houses: Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011...................... 66
Table 5.3: Proportion of households without access to sanitary toilet: Best and worst districts, Bangladesh 2011...................66
Table 5.4: Proportion of households without electricity connection: Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011.....................70
Table 5.5: Proportion of households having access to both sanitary toilet and electricity connection:
Best and worst districts, Bangladesh, 2011............................................................................................................................ 74
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