Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants
Women (N = 40) | Husbands (N = 20) | Mothers-in-law (N = 20) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (IQR) | 26 (23–29) | 30 (25 to 32) | 54 (45–61) |
Hindu (N (%)) | 37 (93 %) | 19 (95 %) | 18 (90 %) |
Caste | |||
Scheduled Caste | 20 (50 %) | 6 (30 %) | |
Scheduled Tribe | 0 | 0 | |
Other backwards | 8 (20 %) | 7 (35 %) | |
None | 12 (30 %) | 7 (35 %) | |
Education | |||
No education | 11 (28 %) | 2 (10 %) | 16 (80 %) |
Less than 8 years | 9 (23 %) | 9 (45 %) | 3 (15 %) |
8 to 11 years | 15 (38 %) | 9 (45 %) | 1 (5 %) |
12 or more years of education | 4 (10 %) | 0 | 0 |
Occupation | |||
Not working outside the home | 35 (88 %) | 1 (5 %) | n/a |
Unskilled/skilled | 2 (5 %) | 9 (45 %) | |
Services | 2 (5 %) | 5 (25 %) | |
Sales | 0 | 5 (25 %) | |
Professional, technical, or managerial | 1 (3 %) | ||
Migration Status | |||
Entire lives | 0 | 13 (65 %) | 3 (15 %) |
< 1 year | 3 (8 %) | 0 | 0 |
1 year | 8 (20 %) | 2 (10 %) | 0 |
2–5 years | 16 (40 %) | 0 | 1 (5 %) |
5 to 10 years | 7 (18 %) | 1 (5 %) | 2 (10 %) |
More than 10 years | 6 (15 %) | 4 (20 %) | 14 (70 %) |
Place of residence before migration | |||
City | 32 (80 %) | 7 (100 %) | 15 (88 %) |
Town | 2 (5 %) | 0 | 0 |
Countryside | 6 (15 %) | 0 | 2 (12 %) |
Number of living children, mean (range) | 1.9 (1–7) | n/a | n/a |
Place of most recent delivery, N (%) | n/a | n/a | |
Government Hospital | 19 (48 %) | ||
Private Hospital | 10 (25 %) | ||
Lower level Facility | 1 (2 %) | ||
Home | 10 (25 %) | ||
Mean cost spent on delivery | 7,721 (0–12500) | n/a | n/a |
Mean cost spent on transportation to delivery | 334 (0–200) | n/a | n/a |
Widowed (Mother-in-laws only) | n/a | n/a | 6 (30 %) |