Table 1.
Socioeconomic and geographic characteristics of respondents women in NDHS 2016
| Determinants | Frequency (N = 1978) | % |
|---|---|---|
| Structural | ||
| Wealth rank | ||
| Poor (40%) | 832 | 42.3 |
| Rich (60%) | 1146 | 58.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Disadvantaged | 1374 | 69.8 |
| Advantaged | 604 | 30.7 |
| Education | ||
| Illiterate | 570 | 29.0 |
| Literate | 1408 | 71.5 |
| Intersectionality | ||
| Marginalisation status of women | ||
| Poor and illiterate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 197 | 10.0 |
| or and illiterate and advantaged ethnicity | 70 | 4.0 |
| Poor and literate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 347 | 18.0 |
| Rich and illiterate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 283 | 14.0 |
| Poor and literate and advantaged ethnicity | 218 | 11.0 |
| Rich and illiterate and advantaged ethnicity | 20 | 1.0 |
| Rich and literate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 547 | 28.0 |
| Rich and literate and advantaged ethnicity | 296 | 15.0 |
| Intermediary | ||
| Language | ||
| Nepali | 839 | 42.6 |
| Maithili | 360 | 18.3 |
| Bhojpuri | 267 | 13.6 |
| Others (e.g., Newari or Tharu) | 512 | 26.0 |
| Provinces | ||
| One | 338 | 17.2 |
| Two | 513 | 26.1 |
| Three | 312 | 15.9 |
| Four | 164 | 8.3 |
| Five | 364 | 18.5 |
| Six | 121 | 6.1 |
| Seven | 166 | 8.4 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 1062 | 54.0 |
| Rural | 916 | 46.5 |
| Region | ||
| Mountain | 131 | 6.7 |
| Hill | 760 | 38.6 |
| Terai | 1087 | 55.2 |