Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of participants (n = 254).
| Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Quantitative data | |
| Age (Mean ± SD) in years | (50 ± 20) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 141 (55.5) |
| Female | 113 (44.5) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Brahmin/Chhetri | 39 (15.4) |
| Adibasi/Janajti | 183 (72) |
| Dalit | 32 (12.6) |
| Education | |
| Informal Education | 38 (15) |
| Primary Level (Class1-5) | 49 (19.3) |
| Secondary Level (Class6-10) | 24 (9.4) |
| Higher Secondary Level (11–12) | 7 (2.8) |
| University Degree | 5 (2) |
| Uneducated | 131 (51.6) |
| Disability | |
| Physical Disability | 149 (58.7) |
| Visual Disability | 34 (13.4) |
| Hearing Disability | 36 (14.2) |
| Deaf Blind Both | 7 (2.8) |
| Vocal And Speech | 31 (12.2) |
| Intellectual Disability | 11 (4.3) |
| Mental Illness | 21 (8.3) |
| Multiple Disability | 11 (4.3) |
| Descriptive data of in-depth interviews (n = 40) | |
| Aware about COVID-19 | 38 (95) |
| Impact on access to health services | 32 (80) |
| Impact on access to AT services | 14 (35) |
| Impact on access to Transportation services | 34 (85) |
| Impact on livelihood | 36 (90) |
| Impact on mental health | 33 (82.5) |