Table 3.
Distribution of study population by age, gender, social class and household population characteristics
| Male | Female | Both | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 1.0 | 18(13.6) | 12(12.2) | 30(13.0) | 0.938 |
| 1 – 5 | 62(47.0) | 46(46.9) | 108(47.0) | |
| 6 – 10 | 35(26.5) | 29(29.6) | 64(27.8) | |
| 11 –15 | 17(60.7) | 11(11.2) | 28(12.2) | |
| Social class | ||||
| I | 15(11.4) | 11(11.3) | 26(11.4) | 0.643 |
| II | 32(24.2) | 1919.6) | 51(22.3) | |
| III | 41(31.1) | 31(32.0) | 72(31.4) | |
| IV | 35(26.5) | 24(24.7) | 59(25.8) | |
| V | 9 (6.8) | 12(12.4) | 21(9.2) | |
| No of persons in household | ||||
| 1 – 3 | 18(13.6) | 16(16.3) | 34(14.8) | 0.299 |
| 4 – 6 | 76(57.6) | 54(55.1) | 130(56.5) | |
| 7 – 9 | 31(23.5) | 27(27.6) | 58(25.2) | |
| 10 – 12 | 7 (5.3) | 1(1.0) | 8(3.5) | |
| No persons sleeping with child on the same bed | ||||
| None | 6 (4.5) | 3(3.1) | 9(3.9) | 0.544 |
| 1 | 42(31.8) | 40(40.8) | 82(35.7) | |
| 2 | 74(56.1) | 48(49.0) | 122(53.0) | |
| 3 or more | 10 (7.6) | 7(7.1) | 17(7.4) | |
| Number of siblings | ||||
| 0 | 32(24.2) | 24(25.5) | 56(24.3) | 0.401 |
| 1 | 18 (36.6) | 21(21.4) | 39(17.0) | |
| 2 | 28 (21.2) | 20(20.4) | 48(20.9) | |
| 3 | 26 (19.7) | 29(20.4) | 46(20.0) | |
| 4 | 28 (21.2) | 13(13.3) | 41(17.8) |