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. 2021 Mar 11;18(6):2863. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062863

Table 1.

Respondent demographics.

All
(N = 131)
HOH
(N = 73)
VWSC
(N = 21)
Caregiver
(N = 37)
Respondent sex: Male [N (%)] 85 (65%) 64 (88%) 18 (86%) 3 (8%)
Respondent age, yr [mean (sd)] 35.8 (12) 36.8 (11) 48.8 (12) 26.0 (4)
Number of household members [mean (sd)] 5.6 (2) 5.8 (2) 4.8 (2) 5.7 (2)
Household has child <5 yr [N (%)] 69 (53%) 29 (40%) 3 (14%) 37 (100%)
Household has functional piped water 109 (85%) 60 (82%) 19 (90%) 30 (86%)
Has Antodaya and/or ration card * [N (%)] 98 (78%) 53 (78%) 14 (70%) 31 (84%)
Completed primary education * [N (%)] 79 (63%) 44 (65%) 17 (85%) 18 (49%)
Occupation *,† [N (%)]
Employed 32 (26%) 23 (34%) 6 (30%) 3 (8%)
Self-Employed 71 (57%) 45 (66%) 16 (80%) 10 (27%)
Student 2 (2%) 2 (3%) 0 0
Unemployed 31 (25%) 6 (9%) 1 (5%) 24 (65%)
Caste/tribe * [N (%)]
General 22 (18%) 13 (19%) 5 (25%) 4 (11%)
Scheduled caste 8 (6%) 4 (6%) 2 (10%) 2 (5%)
Scheduled tribe 55 (44%) 34 (50%) 8 (40%) 13 (35%)
Other backward caste 33 (26%) 16 (24%) 5 (25%) 12 (32%)
Other 3 (2%) 1 (1%) 0 2 (5%)
Don’t know 4 (3%) 0 0 4 (11%)
Religion * [N (%)]
Hindu 87 (70%) 45 (66%) 14 (70%) 28 (76%)
Christian 37 (30%) 22 (32%) 6 (30%) 9 (24%)
Other 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0 0
District [N (%)]
Ganjam 88 (67%) 47 (64%) 14 (67%) 27 (73%)
Gajapati 43 (33%) 26 (36%) 7 (33%) 10 (27%)

HOH = Head of household; VWSC = Village Water and Sanitation Committee member; * Total N = 125 (68 HOH, 20 VWSC, 37 caregiver) due to some HOH/VWSC respondents ending interview early; employed was defined as engaged in work outside the home (e.g., laborer, factory, etc.), self-employed as work inside the home (e.g., agriculture, potter, etc.), and unemployed as no work that earns money. Some respondents reported multiple types of occupation.