Abstract
Background: A large number of people in Bangladesh are live in rural areas, these areas considered difficult to get modern facilities so the facilities are very much desired object of them. Though Bangladesh is now a developing country but the rural people of this country still income less than 1 US dollar per day (World Bank 2006). More than 170 million people of Bangladesh crowded in the area of 1, 47,570 square km, 1.41% annual growing rate of population with 85% of them draws the economic sustenance directly or indirectly from agriculture. Objective: The objective of this study was to find out the factors associated with the quality of life among rural people. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Noakhali district. The study sample was 384 adults selected by convenient sampling technique. Results: The study revealed that, the mean age was 40.91 and the mean score of quality of life was 70.54. From the linear regression model, it has been found that those who have completed SSC, HSC, graduation, post-graduation has higher scores as compared to illiterate person (β = 5.80, CI 2.988-8.618, p-value = <0.001), (β = 7.58, CI 5.257-9.917, p-value = <0.001), (β = 11.90, CI 6.997-16.803, p-value = <0.001), (β = 15.82, CI 12.932-18.710, p-value = <0.001). Conclusion: The mean score was 70.54 (± 10.079) for quality of life among rural people of Noakhali district. Being educated were positively associated with quality-of-life scores.
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