Table 1.
Distribution of socio-demographic factors in the two surveys.
| Characteristics | Rural (% of total) |
Urban (% of total) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
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| 1991 | 2010 | 1991 | 2010 | 1991 | 2010 | 1991 | 2010 | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 30–39 years | 791 (38.4) | 482 (31.8) | 1148 (43.6) | 706 (35.5) | 494 (42.9) | 341 (35.1) | 694 (46.3) | 495 (39.8) |
| 40–49 years | 646 (31.4) | 544 (35.8) | 837 (31.8) | 672 (33.8) | 320 (27.9) | 364 (37.4) | 404 (26.9) | 417 (33.5) |
| 50–60 years | 622 (30.2) | 502 (33.1) | 649 (24.6) | 609 (30.6) | 335 (29.2) | 267 (27.5) | 402 (26.8) | 332 (26.7) |
| Total | 2059 | 1518 | 2634 | 1987 | 1149 | 972 | 1500 | 1244 |
| Education | ||||||||
| ≤8 years | 1535 (74.6) | 752 (49.7) | 2468 (93.7) | 1563 (79.2) | 705 (61.4) | 399 (41.3) | 1194 (79.6) | 704 (56.9) |
| >8 years | 524 (25.4) | 760 (50.3) | 166 (6.3) | 410 (20.8) | 444 (38.6) | 568 (58.7) | 306 (20.4) | 534 (43.1) |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Unskilled labor | 589 (28.6) | 531 (35.7) | 749 (28.4) | 840 (42.3) | 136 (11.8) | 188 (19.7) | 76 (5.1) | 156 (12.5) |
| Unemployed/housewives | 13 (6.7) | 50 (3.4) | 1451 (55.1) | 880 (44.3) | 63 (5.5) | 64 (6.7) | 1254 (83.6) | 871 (70.0) |
| Others | 1332 (64.7) | 907 (60.9) | 434 (16.5) | 267 (13.4) | 950 (82.7) | 704 (73.6) | 170 (11.3) | 217 (17.4) |