Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of circular migrant families in Bihar by state of origin, June 2018 and January 2019
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Bihar
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Jharkhand
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Other
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Total
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|
All, n (%) |
1370 (53.4) |
851 (33.2) |
343 (13.4) |
2564 (100.0) |
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Child age category* (months), n (%) | ||||
| 0 to 5 |
239 (17.4) |
86 (10.1) |
50 (14.6) |
375 (14.6) |
| 6 to 11 |
231 (16.9) |
160 (18.8) |
63 (18.4) |
454 (17.7) |
| 12 to 23 |
616 (45.0) |
389 (45.7) |
126 (36.7) |
1131 (44.1) |
| 24 to 35 |
284 (20.7) |
216 (25.4) |
104 (30.3) |
604 (23.6) |
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Child sex, n (%) | ||||
| Male |
686 (50.1) |
426 (50.1) |
187 (54.5) |
1299 (50.7) |
| Female |
684 (49.9) |
425 (49.9) |
156 (45.5) |
1265 (49.3) |
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Caste, n (%) | ||||
| Scheduled Caste |
944 (68.9) |
189 (22.2) |
26 (7.6) |
1159 (45.2) |
| Scheduled Tribe |
93 (6.8) |
533 (62.6) |
22 (6.4) |
648 (25.3) |
| Other Backward Class |
321 (23.4) |
119 (14) |
160 (46.6) |
600 (23.4) |
| General Caste |
12 (0.9) |
10 (1.2) |
135 (39.4) |
157 (6.1) |
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Religion, n (%): | ||||
| Hindu |
1358 (99.1) |
788 (92.6) |
101 (29.4) |
2247 (87.6) |
| Muslim |
12 (0.9) |
21 (2.5) |
241 (70.3) |
274 (10.7) |
| Other |
0 (0.0) |
42 (4.9) |
1 (0.3) |
43 (1.7) |
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Mother’s age (years; mean, SD) (n = 2268) |
25.8 (5.3) |
24.3 (4.7) |
24.2 (5.3) |
25.0 (4.9) |
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Mother’s age at marriage (years; mean, SD) (n = 2550) |
15.9 (3.0) |
16.7 (3.2) |
15.8 (3.6) |
16.4 (3.3) |
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Parity of mother (mean, SD) |
3.4 (1.9) |
2.6 (1.6) |
2.5 (1.5) |
2.6 (1.5) |
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Mother’s education, n (%) | ||||
| No formal education |
1308 (95.5) |
640 (75.2) |
229 (66.8) |
2177 (84.9) |
| Up to 8th standard |
52 (3.8) |
131 (15.4) |
90 (26.2) |
273 (10.6) |
| Above 8th standard |
10 (0.7) |
80 (9.4) |
24 (7.0) |
114 (4.4) |
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Father’s education, n (%) (n = 2430) | ||||
| No formal education |
1128 (85.6) |
439 (56.4) |
229 (68.6) |
1796 (73.9) |
| Up to 8th standard |
158 (12.0) |
201 (25.8) |
96 (28.7) |
455 (18.7) |
| Above 8th standard |
32 (2.4) |
138 (17.7) |
9 (2.7) |
179 (7.4) |
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Primary occupation of father, n (%) (n = 1458) | ||||
| Agriculture/agricultural labor |
371 (44.9) |
229 (65.1) |
106 (38.0) |
706 (48.4) |
| Non-agricultural labor |
369 (44.6) |
84 (23.9) |
123 (44.1) |
576 (39.5) |
| Unemployed |
63 (7.6) |
25 (7.1) |
23 (8.2) |
111 (7.6) |
| Other |
24 (2.9) |
14 (4.0) |
27 (9.7) |
65 (4.5) |
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Wealth quintile, n (%) | ||||
| Lowest |
402 (29.3) |
86 (10.1) |
29 (8.5) |
517 (20.2) |
| Second |
349 (25.5) |
121 (14.2) |
38 (11.1) |
508 (19.8) |
| Middle |
303 (22.1) |
153 (18.0) |
57 (16.6) |
513 (20.0) |
| Fourth |
223 (16.3) |
196 (23.0) |
94 (27.4) |
513 (20.0) |
| Highest |
93 (6.8) |
295 (34.7) |
125 (36.4) |
513 (20.0) |
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Household size† at origin, mean (SD) |
6.4 (2.6) |
6.5 (2.9) |
5.7 (2.3) |
6.3 (2.7) |
|
Household size at kiln, mean (SD) |
5.3 (1.8) |
4.2 (1.4) |
4.5 (1.5) |
4.8 (1.7) |
| Number of years migrating‡, mean (SD) | 6.1 (4.6) | 5.2 (4.5) | 4.3 (3.7) | 5.6 (4.5) |
SD – standard deviation
*Child age at time of survey
†The definition of a household is a group of people who eat meals from the same kitchen.
‡The number of years the respondent reported migrating for any work.