Table 1. Percentage distribution of women aged 15–49 by migration status and background variables, Nepal DHS 2016.
| Variables | Percent | Total (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Migration status | ||
| Migrants | 67.5 | 7876 |
| Non-migrants | 32.5 | 3791 |
| Migration streams | ||
| Urban-to-Urban | 10.0 | 1166 |
| Urban-to-Rural | 2.2 | 259 |
| Rural-to-Urban | 33.5 | 3912 |
| Rural-to-Rural | 21.8 | 2539 |
| Urban non-migrants | 19.7 | 2304 |
| Rural non-migrants | 12.7 | 1487 |
| Age group | ||
| 15–19 | 20.7 | 2413 |
| 20–29 | 33.4 | 3901 |
| 30–39 | 26.2 | 3062 |
| 40–49 | 19.6 | 2290 |
| Education | ||
| No education | 32.8 | 3826 |
| Primary | 16.6 | 1938 |
| Secondary | 25.9 | 3026 |
| School leaving certificate (SLC) and above | 24.7 | 2877 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Brahman/Chhetri | 33.0 | 3845 |
| Terai caste | 13.3 | 1552 |
| Dalit | 12.4 | 1444 |
| Janajati | 37.0 | 4317 |
| Muslim | 4.4 | 509 |
| Occupation | ||
| Not working | 31.5 | 3677 |
| Non-agriculture | 20.3 | 2374 |
| Agriculture | 48.1 | 5615 |
| Wealth quintile | ||
| Lowest | 17.7 | 2063 |
| Second | 19.8 | 2312 |
| Middle | 19.9 | 2321 |
| Fourth | 21.0 | 2451 |
| Highest | 21.6 | 2519 |
| Total | 100.0 | 11667 |