Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants from two wards of the Baraha Municipality, Sunsari, Nepal, July-August, 2021 (n = 372)
| Variable | Frequency (proportion) |
|---|---|
| Age [(mean ± SD)] | 40.58 ± 15.42 |
| Sample | |
| Ward 1 | 176 (47.3) |
| Ward 2 | 196 (52.7) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 157 (42.2) |
| Female | 215(57.8) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 319 (85.8) |
| Unmarried | 47 (12.6) |
| Widowed/separated | 6 (1.6) |
| Education n (%) | |
| No formal education | 66 (17.7) |
| Less than primary education | 69 (18.5) |
| Primary education | 68 (18.3) |
| Secondary education | 120 (32.3) |
| Higher secondary education | 37 (9.9) |
| Bachelor | 10 (2.7) |
| Postgraduate degree | 2 (0.5) |
| Family monthly income [mean ± SD] | 23,650 ± 15,665 |
| Participation in Social insurance scheme | 185 (49.7) |
| Occupation | |
| Professional/technical/managerial | 8 |
| Clerical | 2 |
| Sales and services | 108 |
| Skilled manual | 24 |
| Unskilled manual | 13 |
| Agriculture | 43 |
| Student | 30 |
| Housemaker | 126 |
| Others | 18 |