Coverage, compliance, acceptability and feasibility of a program to prevent pre-eclampsia and eclampsia through calcium supplementation for pregnant women: an operations research study in one district of Nepal

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women interviewed (n = 1240)

Characteristic	Number	Percentage
Residence
Rural	1140	91.9 %
Urban	100	8.1
Age (in years)
< 20	218	17.6
20–34	948	76.5
35–49	75	6.1
Median (mean)	23 (23.98)
Education
None	484	39.0
Primary	240	19.4
Some secondary	338	27.3
School leaving certificate and above	177	14.3
Caste/ethnicity^a
Chhetri/Thakuri	531	42.8
Bahun/Sanyasi	142	11.5
Janajati^b	148	11.9
Dalit	420	33.9

^aCaste/ethnicity stratification is a major determinant of people’s identity and social status in Nepalese society
^bJanajati includes three Muslim groups and one Terai middle caste group

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