Table 1.

Socio-economic characteristics of the respondents (N = 300)

S. no.	Characteristics	Frequencies	Percentage
1	Education of the respondent:
	Illiterate	68	22.7
	Primary	147	49.0
	Secondary and above	85	28.3
2	Occupation of the respondent:
	Business	15	5
	Agriculture	61	20.3
	Housewife	182	60.7
	Labour	27	9
	Service	5	1.7
	Others	10	3.3
3	Education of the partner:
	Illiterate	29	9.7
	Primary	135	45
	Secondary and above	136	45.3
4	Economic status of the respondents:
	Above poverty line	83	27.7
	Below poverty line	217	72.3