Table 1.
Characteristics of study sample by social groups
|
Paniyas (a) |
Other Scheduled Tribes (b) |
Other Backward Classes (c) |
Forward Castes (d) |
Tribes (a+b) |
Non-tribes (c+d) |
All adults (a+b+c+d) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N |
425 |
313 |
428 |
494 |
738 |
922 |
1660 |
|
Age group (years), % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18–30 |
40.2 |
39.0 |
36.4 |
25.3 |
39.4 |
30.6 |
33.3 |
|
31–59 |
45.6 |
47.3 |
49.1 |
55.3 |
46.7 |
52.3 |
50.6 |
|
60+ |
14.1 |
13.7 |
14.5 |
19.4 |
13.9 |
17.1 |
16.1 |
|
Male, % |
41.2 |
49.5 |
46.0 |
49.8 |
46.6 |
48.0 |
47.6 |
|
Never went to school, % |
53.6 |
26.8 |
14.7 |
2.4 |
36.3 |
8.2 |
17.0 |
|
Household below poverty line (BPL), % |
95.0 |
77.3 |
49.1 |
35.4 |
83.5 |
41.9 |
54.9 |
|
Wage labourers1, % |
97.1 |
60.6 |
57.1 |
26.4 |
74.1 |
40.7 |
53.4 |
|
Household owns <50 cents land, % |
89.3 |
50.2 |
64.3 |
30.0 |
63.9 |
46.2 |
51.7 |
| Crowding (ratio individuals to rooms ≥3), % | 42.6 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 7.1 |
1Proportion among employed adults.