Fig 1.
Cluster of districts based on demographic indicators.
Two clusters were found based on demographic indicators. Cluster 1 includes 12 districts while 52 districts were in cluster 2. Districts in cluster 1 have 10% point higher literacy rate than the national rate of 63%.
Table 1.
Cluster averages of districts along with averages of the divisions and Bangladesh as a whole based on demographic indicators and literacy and educational indicators.
Fig 2.
Cluster of districts based on educational indicators.
Two clusters were found. Cluster 1 include 18 districts while 46 districts were in cluster 2. Districts in cluster 1 are performing below national level whereas those in cluster 2 are above national level.
Fig 3.
Cluster of districts based on child protection and development indicators.
Two clusters were found. Cluster 1 include 58 districts while 6 districts were in cluster 2. Percentage of women married before age 15 is 34.2 in cluster 2 which is 10 percentage point higher than national average (23.8%).
Table 2.
Cluster averages of districts along with averages of the divisions and Bangladesh as a whole based on child protection and development indicators.
Fig 4.
Cluster of districts based on nutrition indicators.
Two clusters were found. Cluster 1 include 45 districts while 19 districts were in cluster 2.
Table 3.
Cluster averages of districts along with averages of the divisions and Bangladesh as a whole based on nutrition indicators.
Fig 5.
Cluster of districts based on reproductive health indicators.
Two clusters were found. Cluster 1 include 42 districts while 22 districts were in cluster 2. Districts in cluster 2 have much lower antenatal care coverage (at least once by skilled health professional) (43.4% vs 58.7% nationally), lower percentage of skilled attendant at delivery (26% vs 43.5% nationally), nearly half on institutional delivery (16.1% vs 31% nationally).
Table 4.
Cluster averages of districts along with averages of the divisions and Bangladesh as a whole based on reproductive health indicators.
Fig 6.
Cluster of districts based on all indicators combined.
There are 29 districts in cluster 1 and 35 districts in cluster 2.
Fig 7.
Regional distribution of the clustered districts based on all indicators combined.
The map depicted in this figure is our own. Under-performing districts (red) are mostly from the North and Northeastern part while the majority of the well-performing districts are in the central and Southwestern parts of Bangladesh.