Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of survey respondents
| Area name | Total N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Kaptai n (%) |
Sadar n (%) |
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| Gender | |||
| Male | 79 (70.54) | 39 (44.32) | 118 (59.0) |
| Female | 33 (29.46) | 49 (55.68) | 82 (41.0) |
| Age (in years) | |||
| 18 to ≤ 39 | 42 (37.5) | 47 (53.4) | 89 (44.5) |
| ≥ 40 | 70 (62.5) | 41 (46.6) | 111 (55.5) |
| Education level | |||
| No schooling | 14 (12.50) | 28 (31.82) | 42 (21.00) |
| Unfinished primary | 12 (10.71) | 18 (20.45) | 30 (15.00) |
| Finished primary | 27 (24.11) | 18 (20.45) | 45 (22.50) |
| Unfinished secondary | 24 (21.43) | 12 (13.64) | 36 (18.00) |
| Finished secondary | 30 (26.79) | 8 (9.09) | 38 (19.00) |
| Higher secondary and above | 5 (4.46) | 4 (4.55) | 9 (4.50) |
| Own any cultivable land | |||
| No | 59 (52.68) | 31 (35.23) | 90 (45.0) |
| Yes | 53 (47.32) | 57 (64.77) | 110 (55.0) |
| Poverty levela | |||
| Poor | 58 (51.79) | 36 (40.91) | 94 (47.0) |
| Non-poor | 54 (48.21) | 52 (59.09) | 106 (53.0) |
aThe Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) tool was used in the study to measure the likelihood of the study households to fall below different poverty lines. The tool was validated and weighted using most recent household income and expenditure survey from different countries [20]. The likelihood of people falling under the poverty line was measured using the 2005 international purchasing power parity of less than $2.00/day