Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

Variables	Characteristics (N=12 557)	N	%
Age	20–39	4562	35.5
	40–59	5186	41.3
	60 years and above	2809	23.3
Sex	Male	4908	42.2
	Female	7649	57.9
Ethnicity	Upper caste groups	4263	32.7
	Disadvantaged janajatis	2656	20.7
	Relatively advantaged janajatis	2077	17.0
	Disadvantaged non-dalit terai caste groups	1900	17.0
	Dalits	1298	9.6
	Religious minorities	363	2.9
Education	Illiterate/no formal schooling	6820	53.1
	Below secondary (<10 years)	2839	22.3
	Secondary and above (≥10 years)	2898	24.6
Province	Province 1	2185	17.6
	Province 2	2083	18.4
	Bagmati province	3223	24.7
	Gandaki province	1337	9.6
	Province 5	2070	15.9
	Karnali province	601	4.8
	Sudurpaschim province	1058	9.1
Place of residence	Rural	6300	48.5
	Urban	6257	51.5