Table 2 Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of households at endline enrolled for follow up study
Item | Control | Intervention | Prevalence difference, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Total | 1214 | 1278 | |||
Household size | |||||
1–3 | 252 | 20.8 | 267 | 20.9 | 0.1 |
4–5 | 398 | 32.8 | 436 | 34.1 | 1.2 |
6–7 | 365 | 30.1 | 324 | 25.4 | −4.5 |
8+ | 199 | 16.4 | 251 | 19.6 | 3.1 |
Caste | |||||
SC/ST | 56 | 4.6 | 39 | 3.1 | −2.3 |
OBC | 730 | 60.1 | 792 | 62.0 | 1.7 |
General | 315 | 26.0 | 357 | 27.9 | 2.9 |
Prefer not to disclose | 113 | 9.3 | 90 | 7.0 | −1.8 |
Religion | |||||
Hindu | 1200 | 98.9 | 1264 | 98.9 | 0.1 |
Muslim | 14 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.1 | −0.1 |
Highest female education level (n = 2467) | |||||
No formal schooling | 277 | 23.0 | 259 | 20.4 | −2.5 |
Primary | 161 | 13.4 | 181 | 14.3 | 1.1 |
Secondary | 682 | 56.6 | 716 | 56.4 | −0.3 |
Diploma | 9 | 0.8 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
graduate | 77 | 6.4 | 104 | 8.2 | 1.7 |
Highest male education level (n = 2449) | |||||
No formal schooling | 83 | 6.9 | 82 | 6.5 | −0.3 |
Primary | 156 | 13.0 | 160 | 12.7 | 0.1 |
Secondary | 774 | 64.7 | 727 | 57.7 | −7.0 |
Diploma | 29 | 2.4 | 23 | 1.8 | −0.5 |
graduate | 156 | 13.0 | 269 | 21.3 | 8.6 |
Asset index quartile | |||||
Lowest | 348 | 28.7 | 294 | 23.0 | −5.6 |
Low intermediate | 319 | 26.3 | 288 | 22.5 | −4.1 |
High intermediate | 295 | 24.3 | 340 | 26.6 | 2.6 |
Highest | 252 | 20.8 | 356 | 27.9 | 7.4 |
House structure | |||||
Kutcha | 158 | 13.0 | 165 | 12.9 | −0.1 |
Semi-pukka | 619 | 51.0 | 631 | 49.4 | −1.5 |
Pukka | 437 | 36.0 | 482 | 37.7 | 1.7 |