Table 1.
State wise socio-demographic variables of the study subjects, Northeast India (n = 1640).
| Variables (total) | Manipur n (%) |
Assam n (%) |
Meghalaya n (%) |
Arunachal Pradesh n (%) |
Mizoram n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects recruited (1640) | 402 | 300 | 400 | 307 | 231 |
| Age groups | |||||
| 18 to 21 yrs (355) | 75(18.7) | 77(25.7) | 145(36.2) | 30(9.8) | 28(12.1) |
| 22 to 25 yrs (592) | 125(31.1) | 137(45.6) | 113(28.3) | 140(45.6) | 77(33.3) |
| 26 to 29 yrs (385) | 103(25.6) | 63(21.0) | 77(19.2) | 85(27.7) | 57(24.7) |
| > 29 yrs (308) | 99(24.6) | 23(7.7) | 65(16.3) | 52(16.9) | 69(29.9) |
| Religion | |||||
| Hindu (844) | 346(86.1) | 271(90.3) | 93(23.2) | 125(40.7) | 9(3.9) |
| Christian (611) | -- | 1(0.3) | 280(70.0) | 108(35.2) | 222(96.1) |
| Muslim (106) | 56(13.9) | 26(8.7) | 7(1.8) | 17(5.5) | -- |
| Others (79) | -- | 2(0.7) | 20(5.0) | 57(18.6) | -- |
| Occupation | |||||
| House wife (1310) | 341(84.8) | 293(97.7) | 328(82.0) | 168(54.7) | 180(77.9) |
| Regular employee (110) | 7(1.7) | 1(0.3) | 17(4.2) | 79(25.7) | 6(2.6) |
| Unskilled worker (75) | 39(9.7) | 6(2.0) | 50(12.5) | 37(12.1) | 43(18.6) |
| Business (45) | 15(3.7) | -- | 5(1.3) | 23(7.5) | 2(0.9) |
| Education | |||||
| Primary & less (1063) | 252(62.7) | 231(77.0) | 278(69.5) | 166(54.1) | 136(58.9) |
| Secondary (462) | 105(26.1) | 66(22.0) | 101(25.2) | 98(31.9) | 92(39.8) |
| Graduate & above (115) | 45(11.2) | 3(1.0) | 21(5.3) | 43(14.0) | 3(1.3) |
| Type of family | |||||
| Nuclear (950) | 232(57.7) | 144(48.0) | 238(59.5) | 211(68.7) | 125(54.1) |
| Joint (616) | 169(42.0) | 147(49.0) | 156(39.0) | 42(13.7) | 102(44.2) |
| Single (74) | 1(0.3) | 9(3.0) | 6(1.5) | 54(17.6) | 4(1.7) |
| Income group | |||||
| Low (1177) | 247(61.4) | 262(87.3) | 324(81.0) | 160(52.1) | 184(79.6) |
| Middle & high (463) | 155(38.6) | 38(12.67) | 76(19.0) | 147(47.88) | 47(20.35) |
| Migrant labor (192) | 14(3.5%) | 14(4.7%) | 78(19.5) | 61(19.9%) | 25(10.8%) |
| Duration of Pregnancy | |||||
| 1-12 weeks (28) | -- | 9(3.0) | 19(4.8) | -- | -- |
| 13-28 weeks (513) | 100(24.9) | 205(68.3) | 131(32.7) | 39(12.7) | 38(16.5) |
| 29-42 weeks (1099) | 302(75.1) | 86(28.7) | 250(62.5) | 268(87.3) | 193(83.5) |
| Commercial sex worker (8) | 2(0.5%) | -- | -- | 5(1.6%) | 1(0.4%) |