Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 224)
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (± SD) of household head 54 0.8 (± 13.12) years | ||||
| Gender of Household head | ||||
| Male | 192 | 85.7 | ||
| Female | 32 | 14.3 | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Janajati | 150 | 67.0 | ||
| Brahmin/ Chhetri | 65 | 29.0 | ||
| Dalit | 9 | 4.0 | ||
| Literacy Status | ||||
| Literate | 188 | 83.9 | ||
| Illiterate | 36 | 16.1 | ||
| Types of Family | ||||
| Nuclear Family | 152 | 67.9 | ||
| Joint and Extended | 72 | 32.1 | ||
| Average member (± SD) in family 5.6 (± 1.93) | ||||
| Elderly member in the family | ||||
| No | 123 | 54.9 | ||
| Yes | 101 | 45.1 | ||
| Number of elderly members in the family (n = 101) | ||||
| 1 | 58 | 57.4 | ||
| 2 | 39 | 38.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| Children in Family | ||||
| No | 167 | 74.6 | ||
| Yes | 57 | 25.4 | ||
| Number of children in the family (n = 57) | ||||
| 1 | 47 | 82.5 | ||
| 2 | 9 | 15.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| Chronic illness in the family | ||||
| No | 98 | 43.7 | ||
| Yes | 126 | 56.3 | ||
| Number of family members with Chronic Illness in the family (n = 126) | ||||
| 1 | 81 | 64.3 | ||
| 2 | 38 | 30.2 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 5.6 | ||
| Family members with a disability | ||||
| No | 218 | 97.3 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 2.7 | ||
| Major expenditure | ||||
| Household | 101 | 45.1 | ||
| Education | 69 | 30.8 | ||
| Health | 54 | 24.1 | ||
| Socioeconomic status of household | ||||
| Lower | 126 | 56.3 | ||
| Middle | 95 | 42.4 | ||
| Upper | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| Average family annual income = NRS 553,200 | ||||
| Average expenditure in health (in percentage) = 20.4 ± 16.2 | ||||