Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample

Characteristic		Total no. of children	%
Age	1–4	829	26.9
	5–9	1367	44.4
	10–15	883	28.7
	Total	3097	100.0
Gender	Male	1698	55.1
	Female	1381	44.9
	Total	3097	100.0
Occupation of mother	Housewife	2951	95.8
	Working	128	4.2
	Total	3097	100.0
Occupation of father	Working	2841	92.3
	Not working	238	7.7
	Total	3097	100.0
Education of mother	Illiterate	771	25.0
	Primary	1305	42.4
	Intermediate	552	17.9
	Secondary	152	4.9
	University	294	9.5
	Postgraduate	5	0.2
	Total	3079	100.0
Education of father	Illiterate	427	13.9
	Primary	991	32.2
	Intermediate	612	19.9
	Secondary	334	10.8
	University	653	21.2
	Postgraduate	62	2.0
	Total	3079	100.0