Table 2. Characteristics of AGYW survey respondents, by attrition.
Variables |
Categories |
Surveyed at endline (N = 565) |
Not surveyed at endline (N = 221) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
District |
Dailekh | 131 | 23 | 49 | 22 |
Jajarkot | 139 | 25 | 69 | 31 | |
Kalikot | 150 | 26 | 48 | 22 | |
Surkhet | 145 | 26 | 55 | 25 | |
Age group |
15–19 | 389 | 69 | 135 | 61** |
20–24 | 176 | 31 | 86 | 39** | |
Marriage |
Never married | 363 | 64 | 133 | 60 |
Ever married | 202 | 36 | 88 | 40 | |
Parity |
Never given birth | 400 | 71 | 149 | 67 |
1 birth | 85 | 15 | 28 | 13 | |
2+ births | 80 | 14 | 44 | 20 | |
School Status |
In school | 375 | 66 | 129 | 58** |
Out of school | 190 | 34 | 92 | 42** | |
Education |
Less than grade 8 | 179 | 32 | 72 | 33 |
Grade 8 or above | 386 | 68 | 149 | 67 | |
Ethnicity |
Brahmin/Chhetri | 327 | 58 | 123 | 56 |
Dalit | 171 | 30 | 70 | 32 | |
Janajati | 50 | 9 | 21 | 9 | |
Thakuri/Dashnami | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
Wealth |
Lowest | 187 | 33 | 85 | 39 |
Middle | 224 | 40 | 69 | 31 | |
Highest | 154 | 27 | 67 | 30 |
P-value obtained from the chi-squared test. **p<0.05, ***p<0.01.