Bangladesh | China | India | Thailand | Vietnam | ||
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Sample size (n) | 898 | 2,218 | 2,880 | 3,349 | 820 | |
Mean age in years (s.d.) | 22.1 (3.8) | 23.8 (1.2) | 23.3 (2.9) | 23.0 (1.2) | 23.1 (0.8) | |
Sex (%) | Female (%) | 93.3 | 91.5 | 92.4 | 94.7 | 87.1 |
Mode of admission (%) | Other modes | 95.6 | 87.0 | 82.1 | 84.5 | 85.2 |
National entrance | 4.4 | 13.0 | 17.9 | 15.5 | 14.8 | |
Domicile during childhood period (%) | Rural | 74.1 | 52.8 | 39.4 | 49.6 | 81.1 |
Semi-urban | 11.5 | 26.3 | 27.7 | 29.8 | 10.6 | |
Urban | 14.4 | 20.9 | 32.9 | 20.6 | 8.3 | |
Domicile of high schools (%) | Rural | 68.2 | 18.1 | 25.2 | 11.9 | 46.9 |
Semi-urban | 17.4 | 54.7 | 36.5 | 32.9 | 41.9 | |
Urban | 14.4 | 27.2 | 38.2 | 55.2 | 11.2 | |
Domicile of parents (%) | Rural | 75.6 | 51.2 | 39.0 | 49.2 | 79.0 |
Semi-urban | 9.2 | 27.5 | 25.1 | 31.5 | 10.7 | |
Urban | 15.2 | 21.3 | 35.9 | 19.3 | 10.3 | |
Father’s occupation (%) | Non-professionals | 66.9 | 86.0 | 78.0 | 79.1 | 84.4 |
Professionals | 33.1 | 14.0 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 15.6 | |
Mother’s occupation (%) | Non-professionals | 89.8 | 87.3 | 88.1 | 85.2 | 89.6 |
Professionals | 10.2 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 14.8 | 10.4 | |
Father’s education (%) | Diploma or below | 81.6 | 81.4 | 68.6 | 80.9 | 78.5 |
Bachelor or above | 18.4 | 18.6 | 31.4 | 19.1 | 21.5 | |
Mother’s education (%) | Diploma or below | 95.6 | 87.0 | 82.4 | 84.5 | 85.2 |
Bachelor or above | 4.4 | 13.0 | 17.6 | 15.5 | 14.8 |