Table 1.
Characteristics of Respondents
| Characteristic | Total (n=600) |
Dalit (n=335) |
Non-Dalit (n=265) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
| Areas | 0.681 | |||
| Rangeli | 300 (50.0) | 165 (49.3) | 135 (50.9) | |
| Kanepokhari | 300 (50.0) | 265 (50.7) | 130 (49.1) | |
| Age at birth of last child (years) | ||||
| 15–19 | 85 (14.2) | 57 (17.0) | 28 (10.6) | 0.034 |
| 20–24 | 242 (40.3) | 128 (38.2) | 114 (43.0) | |
| 25–29 | 186 (31.0) | 94 (28.1) | 92 (34.7) | |
| 30–34 | 57 (9.5) | 35 (10.4) | 22 (8.3) | |
| ≥35 | 30 (5.0) | 21 (6.3) | 9 (3.4) | |
| Mean±SD | 24.4±4.9 | 24.4±5.2 | 24.3±4.4 | |
| Min–max | 15–41 | 15–41 | 16–39 | |
| Highest education of respondents | ||||
| Illiterate | 145 (24.2) | 128 (38.2) | 17 (6.4) | <0.001a |
| Primary | 132 (22.0) | 104 (31.0) | 28 (10.6) | |
| Secondary | 89 (14.8) | 42 (12.5) | 47 (17.7) | |
| High school | 215 (35.8) | 61 (18.3) | 154 (58.1) | |
| Bachelor degree and above | 19 (3.2) | — | 19 (7.2) | |
| Highest education of respondent's husband | ||||
| Illiterate | 101 (16.9) | 91 (27.1) | 10 (3.8) | <0.001 |
| Primary | 119 (19.8) | 92 (27.5) | 27 (10.2) | |
| Secondary | 114 (19.0) | 70 (20.9) | 44 (16.6) | |
| High school | 237 (39.5) | 80 (23.9) | 157 (59.2) | |
| Bachelor degree and above | 29 (4.8) | 2 (0.6) | 27 (10.2) | |
| Average household monthly income (Nepalese Rupee) | ||||
| <6000 | 258 (43.0) | 207 (61.8) | 51 (19.2) | <0.001 |
| 6000–10,000 | 206 (34.3) | 93 (27.8) | 113 (42.6) | |
| >10,000 | 136 (22.7) | 35 (10.4) | 101 (38.2) | |
| Median | 6000 | 5000 | 10,000 | |
| Min–max | 1000–40,000 | 1000–30,000 | 1500–40,000 | |
1 USD=110.22 Nepalese Rupee.
a
Fisher's exact test.
SD, standard deviation.