Table 1.
Demographics | No. of Patients (%) |
---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 49 (31.8) |
Female | 105 (68.2) |
Education | |
Illiterate | 44 (28.5) |
High school certificate | 43 (28) |
Intermediate/diploma | 20 (13) |
Graduate | 22 (14.3) |
Primary school certificate | 17 (11) |
Middle school certificate | 8 (5.2) |
Occupation | |
Professionals | 7 (4.5) |
Clerks | 1 (0.6) |
Skilled Workers and Shop & Market Sales Workers | 11 (7.1) |
Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers | 9 (5.8) |
Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers | 2 (1.3) |
Elementary Occupation | 4 (2.6) |
Unemployed | 120 (78) |
Monthly income (INR) | |
46,129–61,662 | 8 (5.2) |
30,831–46,128 | 79 (51.3) |
18,497–30,830 | 45 (29.2) |
6175–18,496 | 22 (14.3) |
Socioeconomic class | |
Upper Middle (II) | 7 (4.5) |
Lower Middle (III) | 31 (20.1) |
Upper Lower (IV) | 98 (63.6) |
Lower (V) | 18 (11.7) |
Marital status | |
Single | 23 (14.9) |
Married | 126 (81.8) |
Widow | 5 (3.2) |
Social habits | |
Alcohol use | 8 (5.2) |
Tobacco use | 13 (8.4) |
Alcohol and tobacco use | 10 (6.5) |
None | 123 (79.8) |
Residence | |
Rural | 97 (63) |
Urban | 57 (37) |
Diet habits | |
Non-vegetarian | 113 (73.3) |
Vegetarian | 41 (26.6) |