Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women

Age

Mean = 24.8

Mean = 23.2

 ≤ 19

36

12.2

53

17.7

 20–24

112

37.8

148

49.5

 25–29

101

34.1

71

23.8

 30–34

37

12.5

22

7.4

 ≥ 35

10

3.4

5

1.7

Religion

 Hindi

245

82.8

261

87.3

 Buddhism

36

12.2

27

9.0

 Muslim

7

2.4

2

0.7

 Christian

4

1.3

7

2.3

 Other

4

1.3

2

0.7

Caste / Ethnicity

 Bharamin / Chhetri

88

29.7

106

35.5

 Janajati

163

55.1

138

46.2

 Dalit

31

10.5

48

16.1

 Other

14

4.7

7

2.3

Education

 No formal education

34

11.5

33

11.0

 Primary

54

18.2

74

24.8

 Secondary

133

44.9

142

47.5

 Higher

75

25.3

50

16.7

Occupation

 Housewife

214

72.3

219

73.2

 Farmer

45

15.2

46

15.4

 Business

29

9.8

20

6.7

 Sell things

4

1.4

8

2.7

 Others

4

1.4

6

2.1

Wealth quintile

 1. Poorest

45

15.2

74

24.8

 2. Poorer

56

18.9

63

21.1

 3. Middle

63

21.3

56

18.7

 4. Richer

68

23.0

52

17.4

 5. Richest

64

21.6

54

18.1