Table 3. Background characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Study sites (Percentage of participants) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palwal (N = 998) |
Kangra (N = 997) |
Dhenkanal (N = 981) |
Hyderabad (N = 495) |
North Goa (N = 493) |
All sites pooled (N = 3,964) |
|
| Place of residence: Rural | 100.0 | 91.6 | 90.0 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 79.0 |
| Gender: Female | ||||||
| 2–<6-year-olds | 49.4 | 49.1 | 49.9 | 46.3 | 50.2 | 49.2 |
| 6–9-year-olds | 49.2 | 49.7 | 50.4 | 48.7 | 50.0 | 49.7 |
| Family type: Nuclear | 65.8 | 71.6 | 78.3 | 91.7 | 63.9 | 73.3 |
| Religion: Non–Hindu | 16.4 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 25.7 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
| Ethnicity: SC-ST | 25.3 | 25.3 | 38.0 | 27.4 | 18.5 | 27.8 |
| Head of household: Literate* | 78.0 | 88.6 | 93.4 | 75.2 | 89.7 | 85.5 |
| Either parent: Employed | 99.0 | 88.0 | 99.7 | 91.2 | 86.0 | 93.9 |
| Either parent as the respondent | 55.4 | 91.5 | 99.1 | 81.4 | 97.2 | 83.7 |
| Standard of Living Index** | ||||||
| Poor | 20.0 | 5.0 | 15.8 | 64.8 | 7.4 | 14.2 |
| Lower Middle Class | 26.7 | 23.0 | 12.4 | 25.6 | 19.1 | 13.0 |
| Middle Class | 25.3 | 41.0 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 33.7 | 21.0 |
| Upper Middle Class | 18.5 | 24.6 | 38.1 | 0.4 | 26.0 | 33.0 |
| Rich | 9.6 | 7.0 | 23.5 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 19.0 |
*Can write his/her name in any language.
**Computed against quintile distribution of respective state as per SLI.
Abbreviations: SC-ST, scheduled caste/tribe.