Table 1.
Background characteristics of the study sample
| Characteristics | Rural | Urban | Overall | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | |
| Age group (years) | |||||||||
| <20 | 780 (9.5) | 995 (10.1) | 1775 (9.8) | 769 (9.7) | 1243 (13.2) | 2012 (11.6) | 1549 (9.6) | 2238 (11.6) | 3787 (10.7) |
| 20–29 | 1595 (19.4) | 2847 (28.9) | 4442 (24.6) | 2604 (32.7) | 3978 (42.3) | 6582 (37.9) | 4200 (25.9) | 6824 (35.5) | 11024 (31.1) |
| 30–39 | 1795 (21.8) | 2082 (21.1) | 3877 (21.4) | 2177 (27.3) | 1804 (19.2) | 3981 (22.9) | 3972 (24.5) | 3886 (20.2) | 7858 (22.2) |
| 40–49 | 1381 (16.8) | 1876 (19.0) | 3257 (18.0) | 1137 (14.3) | 1500 (16.0) | 2637 (15.2) | 2518 (15.5) | 3376 (17.5) | 5894 (16.6) |
| 50–59 | 999 (12.1) | 1184 (12.0) | 2183 (12.1) | 761 (9.6) | 564 (6.0) | 1325 (7.6) | 1760 (10.9) | 1748 (9.1) | 3508 (9.9) |
| 60–69 | 849 (10.3) | 609 (6.2) | 1458 (8.1) | 405 (5.1) | 248 (2.6) | 653 (3.8) | 1254 (7.8) | 857 (4.4) | 2111 (6.0) |
| 70+ | 830 (10.1) | 258 (2.6) | 1088 (6.0) | 114 (1.4) | 62 (0.7) | 176 (1.0) | 944 (5.8) | 320 (1.7) | 1264 (3.5) |
| Religion | |||||||||
| Islam | 7233 (87.9) | 8661 (87.9) | 15894 (87.9) | 7836 (98.4) | 9271 (98.7) | 17107 (98.5) | 15070 (93.1) | 17931 (93.2) | 33001 (93.1) |
| Hinduism | 804 (9.8) | 946 (9.6) | 1750 (9.7) | 94 (1.2) | 104 (1.1) | 198 (1.1) | 898 (5.5) | 1050 (5.4) | 1948 (5.5) |
| Christianity | 191 (2.3) | 244 (2.5) | 435 (2.4) | 34 (0.4) | 22 (0.2) | 56 (0.4) | 225 (1.4) | 266 (1.4) | 491 (1.4) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 6508 (79.1) | 8462 (85.9) | 14970 (82.8) | 5686 (71.4) | 7096 (75.5) | 12782 (73.6) | 12195 (75.3) | 15557 (80.8) | 27752 (78.3) |
| Unmarried | 1627 (19.8) | 597 (6.1) | 2224 (12.3) | 2260 (28.4) | 1655 (17.6) | 3915 (22.5) | 3887 (24.0) | 2252 (11.7) | 6139 (17.3) |
| Widow/divorcees | 94 (1.1) | 792 (8.0) | 886 (4.9) | 21 (0.3) | 647 (6.9) | 668 (3.9) | 115 (0.7) | 1439 (7.5) | 1554 (4.4) |
| Educational status | |||||||||
| No schooling | 3147 (38.3) | 4659 (47.3) | 7806 (43.2) | 826 (10.4) | 1777 (18.9) | 2603 (15.0) | 3973 (24.6) | 6436 (33.4) | 10409 (29.4) |
| 1–5 years of schooling | 1954 (23.8) | 2150 (21.8) | 4104 (22.7) | 1187 (14.9) | 2357 (25.1) | 3544 (20.4) | 3141 (19.4) | 4507 (23.4) | 7648 (21.6) |
| 6–10 years of schooling | 2376 (28.9) | 2768 (28.1) | 5144 (28.5) | 3020 (37.9) | 3622 (38.6) | 6642 (38.3) | 5396 (33.3) | 6390 (33.3) | 11786 (33.3) |
| Higher secondary+ | 740 (9.0) | 271 (2.8) | 1011 (5.6) | 2930 (36.8) | 1638 (17.4) | 4568 (26.3) | 3671 (22.7) | 1908 (9.9) | 5579 (15.70) |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Non-paid | 537 (6.5) | 9415 (97.0) | 9952 (55.6) | 789 (10.4) | 6607 (72.4) | 7396 (44.3) | 1326 (8.4) | 16022 (85.1) | 17348 (50.1) |
| Students | 345 (4.2) | 229 (2.4) | 574 (3.2) | 812 (10.7) | 789 (8.6) | 1601 (9.6) | 1157 (7.3) | 1018 (5.4) | 2175 (6.3) |
| Manual labourer | 393 (4.8) | 2 (0.02) | 395 (2.2) | 407 (5.4) | 51 (0.6) | 458 (2.7) | 800 (5.1) | 53 (0.3) | 853 (2.5) |
| Farmer | 4171 (50.8) | 7 (0.1) | 4178 (23.3) | 26 (0.3) | 3 (0.03) | 29 (0.2) | 4197 (26.6) | 10 (0.1) | 4207 (12.1) |
| Skilled labourer | 401 (4.9) | 5 (0.1) | 406 (2.30 | 534 (7.1) | 256 (2.8) | 790 (4.7) | 935 (5.9) | 261 (1.4) | 1196 (3.5) |
| Business | 1484 (18.1) | 11 (0.1) | 1495 (8.3) | 1972 (26.0) | 263 (2.9) | 2235 (13.4) | 3456 (21.9) | 274 (1.5) | 3730 (10.8) |
| Service/professionals | 875 (10.7) | 35 (0.4) | 910 (5.1) | 3034 (40.1) | 1156 (12.7) | 4190 (25.1) | 3909 (24.8) | 1191 (6.3) | 5100 (14.7) |