Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Access to MediaWomen were asked if they usually read a newspaper, listen to the radio or watch television at leastonce a week. This information is of use in planning the dissemination of family planning messages. Table2.11 shows that about two-fifths (39 percent) of women listen to the radio weekly. Only 18 percent watchtelevision at least once a week, while not even one in ten reads a newspaper. Younger women are somewhatmore likely than older women to listen to the radio. The higher the level of education a woman has, the morelikely she is to have access to media; while only 10 percent of women with no education watch televisiononce a week, half of those with secondary education do so.Women in rural areas am more disadvantaged in access to media. While 53 percent of women inurban areas listen to the radio weekly, only 37 percent of rural women do so. Similarly, 26 percent of womenin urban areas read a newspaper once a week, compared to only 5 percent of women in rural areas. Womenin Dhaka Division have greater access to media than women in the other divisions, especially with regard totelevision viewing.Table 2.11 Access to mass mediaPercentage of ever-married women who usually read a newspaper once aweek, watch television once a week, or listen to radio once a week, byselected background characteristics, Bangladesh 1993-94Read Watch Listen to NumberBackground newspaper television radio ofcharacteristic weekly weekly weekly womenAge