Table 1 Selected socio-demographic background characteristics of young married women (15-24 years) included in the free-listing exercise
From: Suffering in silence: consequences of sexual violence within marriage among young women in Nepal
Background characteristics | N | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Current age (in years) | Â | Â |
15-19 | 9 | 23.1 |
20-24 | 30 | 76.9 |
Caste/Ethnicity | Â | Â |
Tharu | 20 | 51.3 |
Brahmin/Chhetri | 19 | 48.7 |
Level of education | Â | Â |
No schooling | 6 | 15.4 |
Primary and non-formal education | 14 | 35.9 |
Secondary (6-10 grades) | 9 | 23.1 |
SLC pass or above (More than 10 grades) | 10 | 25.6 |
Age at current marriage (in years) | Â | Â |
Less than 18 | 20 | 51.3 |
18 or above | 19 | 48.7 |
Number of living children | Â | Â |
None | 8 | 20.5 |
One | 13 | 33.3 |
Two | 16 | 41.0 |
Three or more | 2 | 5.1 |
Women's main occupation | Â | Â |
Homemaker | 28 | 71.8 |
Agriculture | 4 | 10.3 |
Business/small business | 5 | 12.9 |
Services | 1 | 2.6 |
Labourer | 1 | 2.6 |
Husband's level of education | Â | Â |
No schooling | 1 | 2.6 |
Primary and non-formal education | 8 | 20.5 |
Secondary (6-10 grades) | 13 | 33.3 |
SLC pass or above (More than 10 grades) | 17 | 43.6 |
Husband's main occupation | Â | Â |
Business/small business | 11 | 28.2 |
Labourer | 9 | 23.1 |
Services | 9 | 23.1 |
Unemployed | 5 | 12.8 |
Agriculture | 5 | 12.8 |
Total | 39 | 100.0 |