Table 1.

Demographic profile of the cohort participants

Gender	N (%)	Employment Status	N (%)
Male	159 (69.4%)	Not employed	66 (28.8)
Female	70 (30.6%)	Currently employed	163 (71.2%)
Marital Status	N (%)	Religion	N (%)
Married	175 (76.4%)	Hindu	202 (88.2%)
Never married	26 (11.4%)	Muslim	9 (3.9%)
Divorced/separated	2 (0.9%)	Christian	17 (7.4%)
Widowed	26 (11.4%)	Jain	1 (0.4%)
Education	N (%)	Interview language	N (%)
≤ 9 years	70 (30.6%)	Kannada	181 (79.0%)
10 years	69 (30.1%)	Tamil	14 (6.1%)
Vocational training	63 (27.5%)	Telugu	29 (12.7%)
At least some college	27 (11.8%)	English	5 (2.2%)
Age		Income/month (in rupees)
Mean: 37.6		Mean: 4510.99
Range: 23-74		Range: 0-22,000