Table 3 Composition of Household, Characteristics of Household Respondent

Composition of HH

n, mean or % (95% CI)

n, mean or % (95% CI)

n, mean or % (95% CI)

Significance

 # nuclear family members

370, 4.3 (3.9–4.7)

5330, 5.6 (5.3–5.9)

21,688, 4.3 (4.2–4.5)

 Spouse present

71, 81.3% (73.5–89.1%)

781, 80.5% (78–83%)

4114, 81.1% (78.9–83.2%)

 # of dependent children

154, 1.9 (1.5–2.4)

2251, 2.5 (2.3–2.7)

9665, 2.0 (1.9–2.1)

B C

 # extended family members

132, 1.3 (0.9–1.8)

1079, 0.9 (0.8–1.1)

3051, 0.6 (0.5–0.6)

A B

 # grandparents

17, 0.1 (0–0.3)

161, 0.2 (0.1–0.2)

678, 0.1 (0.1–0.2)

 # parents of adult without children

3, 0.0 (0.0–0.1)

54, 0.0 (0–0.1)

196, 0.0 (0–0)

 # niece/nephew, friend/other

1.0 (0.6, 1.5)

0.6 (0.5, 0.7)

0.3 (0.3, 0.4)

A B

 Single parent family

13, 14.3% (7.2–21.4%)

191, 18.8% (16 21.6%)

599, 11.9% (10.6–13.1%)

B

 Single parent family with children < 5

6, 7.7% (1.1–14.3%)

47, 4.2% (2.7–5.7%)

123, 2.5% (2–3.1%)

B

 Three or more generation HH

15, 13.8% (5.1–22.5%)

143, 14.0% (10.9–17.2%)

564, 11.5% (10–12.9%)

Characteristics of household respondents^a

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

 Educational attainment

B

  None

27, 30.8% (18.3–43.2%)

427, 45.3% (38.7–51.9%)

2054, 41.9% (37.7–46%)

  1 to 5 standard

33, 36.0% (24.7–47.2%)

358, 36.5% (30.9–42.2%)

1833, 37.2% (33.6–40.9%)

  6 to 10 standard

17, 24.1% (7.8–40.4%)

109, 10.9% (8.2–13.6%)

735, 13.5% (11.4–15.5%)

  Above 10 standard

2, 3.2% (0–8.4%)

10, 0.8% (0.2–1.4%)

90, 1.6% (1–2.2%)

  Other education

8, 5.2% (1.2–9.2%)

80, 6.4% (4.1–8.6%)

329, 4.9% (3.6–6.1%)

  Don’t know / refused

1, 0.7% (0–2.1%)

2, 0.1% (0–0.3%)

35, 0.9% (0.4–1.5%)

 Language

A C

  Pwo Karen

9, 9.9% (1.1–18.6%)

108, 11.1% (4.6–17.7%)

530, 11.9% (7.1–16.7%)

  Sgaw Karen

53, 74.4% (60.4–88.4%)

390, 53.0% (42.8–63.2%)

2210, 54.8% (47.5–62%)

  Burmese

14, 11.1% (2.3–19.9%)

130, 11.9% (6.8–16.9%)

671, 11.9% (7.4–16.4%)

  Shan

0, 0.0% (0–0%)

43, 7.3% (1.6–13.1%)

129, 4.2% (0.9–7.6%)

  Karenni

0, 0.0% (0–0%)

124, 6.6% (4.1–9.2%)

515, 6.1% (4.5–7.7%)

  Mon

12, 4.6% (1.6–7.6%)

171, 7.4% (4.4–10.2%)

946, 9.0% (5.4–12.6%)

  Other

0, 0.0 (0–0%)

20, 2.6% (0.4–4.9%)

75, 2.1% (0.3–3.9%)

 Ethnicity

A C

  Karen

65, 86.5% (78.1–94.9%)

505, 64.6% (55.3–73.8)

2740, 66.8% (60.4–73.2%)

  Karenni

1, 0.9% (0–2.6%)

144, 8.9% (5.4–12.4%)

768, 11.2% (7.4–14.9%)

  Shan

1, 0.7% (0–2.2%)

29, 4.6% (0.3–9%)

91, 3.2% (0.2–6.3%)

  Mon

18, 9.8% (2.9–16.7%)

224, 10.4% (5.6–15.2%)

1157, 10.8% (7.1–14.4%)

  Burmese

2, 1.5% (0–3.4%)

015, .9% (0.1–1.6%)

63, 0.8% (0.4–1.2%)

  Other

1, 0.7% (0–2%)

69, 10.6% (3.2–18%)

257, 7.2% (2.9–11.6%)

 Religious affiliation

  Christian

19, 24.6% (14.1–35.1%)

267, 35.5% (25.5–45.4%)

1522, 34.9% (28–41.7%)

  Buddhist

61, 61.6% (44–79.1%)

647, 57.1% (46.9–67.3%)

3260, 59.0% (52–65.9%)

  Muslim

0, 0.0% (0–0%)

1, 0.1% (0–0.3%)

6, 0.1% (0–0.3%)

  Animist

8, 13.8% (0–28%)

67, 6.8% (2.6–11%)

257, 5.4% (3.2–7.6%)

  None

0, 0.0% (0–0%)

0, 0.0 (0–0%)

4, 0.1% (0–0.2%)

  Other

0, 0.0% (0–0%)

4, 0.5% (0–1.1%)

27, 0.5% (0–1%)