Table 1.
Socio-economic characteristics of study population, 2015–2016.
| Background characteristics | Adolescent boys | Adolescent girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Percentage | Sample | Percentage | |
| Wealth Index | ||||
| Poorest | 414 | 11.4 | 756 | 12.3 |
| Poorer | 699 | 19.9 | 1065 | 17.2 |
| Middle | 908 | 22.3 | 1476 | 21.1 |
| Richer | 1195 | 23.8 | 2118 | 24.9 |
| Richest | 1212 | 22.7 | 2192 | 24.4 |
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu | 3729 | 84.9 | 5674 | 76.7 |
| Non-Hindu | 699 | 15.1 | 1933 | 23.3 |
| Caste | ||||
| SC/ST | 1080 | 27.5 | 1561 | 23.3 |
| OBC | 2518 | 54.8 | 4403 | 55.1 |
| Others | 830 | 17.8 | 1643 | 21.6 |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 1989 | 16.8 | 3424 | 17.0 |
| Rural | 2439 | 83.2 | 4183 | 83.0 |
| States | ||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2300 | 63.9 | 4135 | 72.2 |
| Bihar | 2128 | 32.1 | 3472 | 27.8 |
| Total | 4428 | 100.0 | 7607 | 100.0 |
SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe; OBC: Other Backward Class.