Table 1. Socio-Demographic Profile of Participants Recruited at Baseline.
| Descriptive Variable |
Male
No. (%) |
Female
No. (%) |
Total
No. (%) |
| Total | 117 (39.4) | 180 (60.6) | 297 (100) |
| Age (y) | |||
| 14-17 | 7 (6.0) | 16 (8.9) | 23 (7.7) |
| 18-39 | 59 (50.4) | 86 (47.8) | 145 (48.8) |
| 40-59 | 38 (32.5) | 59 (32.7) | 97 (32.7) |
| 60+ | 13 (11.1) | 19 (10.6) | 32 (10.8) |
| Housing | |||
| Temporary materials | 40 (34.2) | 73 (40.6) | 113 (38.0) |
| Permanent materials | 77 (65.8) | 107 (59.4) | 184 (62.0) |
| Occupation | |||
| Professional | 6 (5.1) | 2 (1.1) | 8 (2.7) |
| Skilled labour | 11 (9.4) | 12 (6.7) | 23 (7.7) |
| Unskilled labour | 46 (39.3) | 42 (23.3) | 88 (29.6) |
| Unemployed | 42 (35.9) | 49 (27.2) | 91 (30.6) |
| Student/other | 12 (10.3) | 15 (8.3) | 27 (9.1) |
| Homemaker | 0 (0) | 60 (33.3) | 60 (20.2) |
| Main caregiver | |||
| Parent | 43 (36.8) | 38 (21.1) | 81 (27.3) |
| Spouse | 48 (41.0) | 99 (55.0) | 147 (49.5) |
| Child | 7 (6.0) | 24 (13.3) | 31 (10.4) |
| Other/other family | 19 (16.3) | 19 (10.6) | 38 (12.7) |
| Religion | |||
| Hindu | 67 (57.3) | 106 (58.9) | 173 (58.2) |
| Muslim | 50 (42.7) | 73 (40.6) | 123 (41.4) |
| Christian | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) |
| Castea | |||
| General | 40 (34.2) | 52 (28.9) | 92 (31.0) |
| OBC | 57 (48.7) | 83 (46.1) | 140 (47.1) |
| SC/ST | 20 (17.1) | 45 (25.0) | 65 (21.9) |
Abbreviations: OBC, other backward castes; SC/ST, scheduled castes/tribes.
a The 3 main caste classifications in the Indian Census: General referring to people from advantaged castes; OBC people from moderately oppressed castes and SC/ST. SC/ST refers to people from the most oppressed castes or of indigenous tribal ethnicity. Both SC and ST groups are considered systematically disadvantaged.