Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of survey participants, overall and by life stage in Rural Orissa, India (N = 1408).
| Characteristics | All | 1. Unmarried (UM) | 2. Recently Married (<3 Years) (RM) | 3. Married (>3 Years) (M) | 4. Over 49 (OW) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants | 1408 | 341 | 320 | 395 | 352 | |||||
| Village Status | ||||||||||
| Control | 707 | 50% | 175 | 51% | 162 | 51% | 193 | 49% | 177 | 50% |
| Intervention | 701 | 50% | 166 | 49% | 158 | 49% | 202 | 51% | 175 | 50% |
| Age | 36 | (18) | 21 | (3) | 24 | (3) | 35 | (7) | 63.6 | (10) |
| Education | ||||||||||
| None | 335 | 24% | 3 | 1% | 7 | 2% | 80 | 20% | 245 | 70% |
| Some Primary | 410 | 29% | 53 | 16% | 68 | 21% | 190 | 48% | 99 | 28% |
| Some Secondary | 588 | 42% | 235 | 69% | 232 | 73% | 114 | 29% | 8 | 2% |
| Higher than Secondary | 75 | 5% | 50 | 15% | 13 | 4% | 12 | 3% | 0 | 0% |
| Possession of Government Assistance Card 1 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1033 | 73% | 259 | 76% | 223 | 70% | 286 | 73% | 265 | 75% |
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Hindu | 1389 | 99% | 339 | 99% | 315 | 98% | 386 | 98% | 349 | 99% |
| Muslim | 19 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 5 | 2% | 9 | 2% | 3 | 1% |
| Caste 1 | ||||||||||
| Brahmin | 38 | 3% | 10 | 3% | 8 | 3% | 12 | 3% | 8 | 2% |
| Forward/General | 672 | 48% | 150 | 44% | 151 | 47% | 171 | 43% | 155 | 44% |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 247 | 18% | 51 | 15% | 59 | 19% | 76 | 19% | 61 | 17% |
| Other Backward Caste (OBC) | 464 | 33% | 124 | 37% | 92 | 29% | 128 | 32% | 120 | 34% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 11 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 3 | 1% | 4 | 1% |
| Don’t Know | 19 | 1% | 3 | 1% | 7 | 2% | 5 | 1% | 4 | 1% |
| Has children | 906 | 64% | 0 | 1% | 180 | 56% | 382 | 97% | 344 | 98% |
| Number of Children | 2 | (2) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1) | 2 | (1) | 5 | (2) |
| Primary Drinking Water Source Location 2 | ||||||||||
| In Dwelling | 131 | 10% | 15 | 5% | 43 | 15% | 33 | 9% | 40 | 12% |
| In Compound | 273 | 20% | 68 | 21% | 71 | 24% | 70 | 19% | 64 | 19% |
| Outside Compound | 927 | 70% | 240 | 74% | 183 | 62% | 271 | 72% | 233 | 69% |
| Household Latrine Ownership 2 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 414 | 29% | 71 | 21% | 128 | 40% | 103 | 26% | 112 | 32% |
| No | 815 | 58% | 226 | 66% | 155 | 48% | 241 | 61% | 193 | 55% |
| Under Construction | 177 | 13% | 44 | 13% | 37 | 12% | 49 | 13% | 47 | 13% |
Data are number and percent or mean and (standard deviation). 1 For Possession of government Assistance Card: Includes below Poverty Line (BPL) Card, Antodaya Card or both. 1 missing (stage 3); For Caste: 2 missing (stage 1 and stage 2) and 19 indicated don’t know; 2 For Water source: data taken from census, 77 participants with missing data; For Latrine ownership: data taken from census, 2 participants with missing data.