Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants (n=8931)

Categories		Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
Age groups	<30 years	5.83	9.51	15.34
	30–44 years	10.38	17.87	28.25
	45–59 years	15.79	16.84	32.63
	60–74 years	11.48	9.12	20.60
	≥75 years	2.12	1.05	3.18
Marital status	Never married	2.75	1.85	4.60
	Currently married/cohabiting	41.55	46.93	88.48
	Separated/divorced	0.15	0.45	0.60
	Widowed	1.15	5.17	6.32
Ethnicity	Dalit	3.94	5.52	9.46
	Disadvantaged Janajatis	9.45	11.29	20.74
	Disadvantaged non-Dalit Terai caste	8.63	8.55	17.18
	Religious minorities	1.53	1.26	2.79
	Relatively advantaged Janajatis	7.90	9.35	17.25
	Upper caste groups	14.16	18.43	32.59
Religion	Hindu	40.27	48.64	88.91
	Buddhist	2.57	2.84	5.41
	Muslim	1.91	1.76	3.67
	Christian	0.32	0.44	0.76
	Kirat and other	0.54	0.71	1.25
Education	No education	17.10	36.25	53.35
	Primary education	7.34	3.93	11.27
	Lower secondary education	5.22	3.42	8.64
	Secondary education	8.31	5.67	13.98
	Intermediate or plus 2	3.59	2.95	6.54
	Graduate and above	4.05	2.18	6.22
Occupation	Government employee	2.72	1.10	3.82
	Non-government employee	2.95	1.31	4.27
	Self-employed/business	8.44	3.55	11.99
	Agriculture (commercial)	20.99	16.83	37.82
	Labour	3.13	0.85	3.99
	Student	1.24	0.98	2.23
	Homemaker	1.27	25.96	27.24
	Unemployed	2.10	3.19	5.29
	Retired	2.74	0.62	3.36
Income quintile	Lowest	9.78	12.47	22.25
	Second	8.59	10.38	18.96
	Middle	6.87	8.61	15.48
	Fourth	10.99	12.29	23.29
	Highest	9.60	10.42	20.02
Province	Province 1	7.49	9.30	16.78
	Province 2	9.37	9.03	18.40
	Bagmati	10.60	12.98	23.58
	Gandaki	3.92	5.51	9.43
	Lumbini	7.91	8.97	16.88
	Karnali	2.12	3.08	5.20
	Sudurpaschim	4.21	5.53	9.74
Residence	Rural	20.97	27.55	48.52
	Urban	21.19	30.29	51.48