Table 2.
Women's Autonomy of Respondents by Social Caste
| Women's autonomy | Total (n=600) |
Dalit (n=335) |
NonDalit (n=265) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
| Women's autonomy (overall) | ||||
| Poor | 168 (28.0) | 130 (38.8) | 38 (14.4) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 371 (61.8) | 205 (61.2) | 166 (62.6) | |
| High | 61 (10.2) | — | 61 (23.0) | |
| Control over finances domain | ||||
| Poor | 330 (55.0) | 219 (65.4) | 111 (41.9) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 195 (32.5) | 94 (28.1) | 101 (38.1) | |
| High | 75 (12.5) | 22 (6.5) | 53 (20.0) | |
| Decision-making power domain | ||||
| Poor | 304 (50.7) | 234 (69.9) | 70 (26.4) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 256 (42.6) | 96 (28.6) | 160 (60.4) | |
| High | 40 (6.7) | 5 (1.5) | 35 (13.2) | |
| Freedom of movement domain | ||||
| Poor | 105 (17.5) | 81 (24.2) | 24 (9.0) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 342 (57.0) | 199 (59.4) | 143 (54.0) | |
| High | 153 (25.5) | 55 (16.4) | 98 (37.0) | |