Table 3:
Socio-demographic characteristics of non-disabled and disabled women who have, or have never attended a women's group
| Not disabled |
Disabled |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not attend group (n = 3351) | Attended group (n = 780) | Did not attend group (n = 1294) | Attended group (n = 345) | |
| Age | ||||
| Mean | 28.4 | 28.5 | 30.3 | 30.3 |
| SD | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Tamang | 67.4% | 60.6% | 60.2% | 56.2% |
| Brahmin and Chhetri | 15.6% | 19.0% | 20.3% | 22.0% |
| Other advantaged group | 7.8% | 10.4% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Other disadvantaged group | 9.2% | 10.0% | 11.2% | 13.6% |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 56.2% | 50.1% | 58.8% | 53.9% |
| Up to class 5 | 24.1% | 25.9% | 23.4% | 22.9% |
| Up to class 9 | 13.8% | 15.1% | 12.1% | 15.4% |
| Class 10 pass or above | 5.9% | 8.9% | 5.6% | 7.8% |
| Literacy | ||||
| Unable to read | 46.8% | 39.1% | 48.4% | 39.7% |
| Reads with difficulty | 17.2% | 19.4% | 17.9% | 20.9% |
| Reads with ease | 36.0% | 41.5% | 33.8% | 39.4% |
| Assets | ||||
| Electricity | 51.1% | 53.3% | 61.5% | 56.5% |
| Radio | 68.4% | 73.7% | 66.9% | 64.9% |
| Television | 20.3% | 23.9% | 26.7% | 24.6% |
| Bicycle | 8.8% | 9.0% | 10.2% | 9.0% |
| Telephone | 4.1% | 8.1% | 4.4% | 6.7% |
| Asset quintiles | ||||
| Poorest | 22.8% | 17.7% | 19.8% | 19.7% |
| Pecond | 56.2% | 57.7% | 53.7% | 58.0% |
| Middle | 13.0% | 15.3% | 18.0% | 13.3% |
| Next-rich | 5.9% | 5.9% | 6.6% | 6.1% |
| Richest | 2.1% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 2.9% |