Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of women participating in the post-intervention survey of control and intervention VDCs (N = 3844)

Variables	Intervention		Control		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age groups (years)
<20	396	22.7	501	23.9	897	23.3
20–35	1313	75.2	1524	72.6	2837	73.8
>35	37	2.1	73	3.5	110	2.9
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	1035	59.3	1405	67.0	2440	63.5
Dalit	388	22.2	581	27.6	969	25.2
Janajati	316	18.1	102	4.9	418	10.9
Others	7	0.4	10	0.5	17	0.4
Education
Illiteratea	268	15.3	510	24.3	778	20.2
Informalb	627	35.9	637	30.4	1264	32.9
Primaryc	333	19.2	290	13.8	623	16.2
Secondaryd	390	22.3	467	22.3	857	22.3
Higher secondary and abovee	128	7.3	194	9.2	322	8.4
Occupation
Agriculture	1033	59.2	1288	61.4	2321	60.4
Housewife	645	36.8	713	34.0	1358	35.3
Service	31	1.8	40	1.9	71	1.9
Business	22	1.3	32	1.5	54	1.4
Wage labourer	10	0.6	10	0.5	20	0.5
Others	5	0.3	15	0.7	20	0.5

Note: Results are shown for 3844 women who gave birth within the 12 months immediately preceding the post-intervention survey.

^aUnable to read and write.

^bLearning not connected to formal school.

^cGrades 1–5.

^dGrades 6–10.

^eGrades 11 and above.