Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of FGD participants
| Characteristics | Participants (n=22) n (%) |
| Age group | |
| 20–39 | 10 (45.5) |
| 40–59 | 10 (45.5) |
| >60 | 2 (9.0) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 10 (45.5) |
| Female | 12 (54.5) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Newar | 19 (86.3) |
| Brahmin | 3 (13.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 15 (68.2) |
| Not married | 6 (27.3) |
| Widow | 1 (4.5) |
| Education | |
| No formal education | 3 (13.6) |
| Primary level education | 2 (9.1) |
| Secondary level | 6 (27.3) |
| High school or more | 11 (50.0) |
| Occupation | |
| Employed | 3 (13.6) |
| Self-employed* | 9 (40.9) |
| Homemakers | 4 (18.2) |
| Unemployed | 2 (9.1) |
| Student | 4 (18.2) |
| BMI | |
| <25 kg/m2 | 9 (40.9) |
| ≥25–29 kg/m2 | 6 (27.3) |
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 7 (31.8) |
*Self-employed includes business and agriculture.
BMI, body mass index.