Table 1. Characteristics of the study households, Nepal, 2011–2012.

Household characteristic	Valuea
Mean no. of household members (95% CI)	4.4 (4.3 to 4.5)
Proportion of household members (95% CI) (n = 9177)
Aged < 5 years	0.09 (0.07 to 0.10)
Aged > 65 years	0.05 (0.04 to 0.06)
Mean age of household head, years (95% CI) (n = 1997)	46.1 (44.7 to 47.5)
No. (%) of household heads (n = 1997)
Male	1653 (84.2)
Female	344 (15.9)
With no education	532 (24.0)
Educated only to primary level	259 (13.4)
Educated only to secondary level	575 (31.6)
With higher education	631 (31.0)
Owning home	1148 (46.0)
Renting	794 (50.0)
In home provided free of charge	14 (0.6)
Squatting/occupying land illegally	40 (3.4)
Living in other types of dwelling	1 (0.1)

CI: confidence interval.

^a Adjusted for sample weights.