Table 3.
Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers participating in FGDs
| Plain VDCs | Hill VDCs | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of delivery | Institutional delivery (n = 12) | Home Delivery (n = 12) | Institutional delivery (n = 12) | Home Delivery (n = 14) | |
| Age | |||||
| Up to 19 years | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 20–29 years | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| 30 and above | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Parity | |||||
| 1st | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 2nd or more | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| Caste / ethnicity | |||||
| Disadvantaged* | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 44 |
| Advantaged** | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Educational status | |||||
| None or primary | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| Secondary or higher | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
*Disadvantaged: Dalits and disadvantaged Janjati (Chepang, Rai, Magar, Tamang, Darai, Chaudhary)
**Advantaged: Gurung, Newar, Brahman, Chhetri