Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of survey respondents at baseline and endline, by sex and overall (n = 2,543)
Male | Female | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Endline | Baseline | Endline | Baseline | Endline | ||||
(n = 620) | (n = 645) | (n = 633) | (n = 645) | (n = 1,253) | (n = 1,290) | ||||
% | % | p-value | % | % | p-value | % | % | p-value | |
Current age | |||||||||
15-19 years | 0.2 | 0.00 | 0.307 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 0.206 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 0.282 |
20-29 years | 28.1 | 27.9 | 0.950 | 52.3 | 52.4 | 0.967 | 40.3 | 40.2 | 0.939 |
30-39 years | 44.2 | 45.7 | 0.581 | 34.6 | 33.3 | 0.633 | 39.3 | 39.5 | 0.922 |
40 and above | 27.6 | 26.4 | 0.623 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 0.577 | 16.8 | 16.0 | 0.553 |
Average age (years) | 34.3 | 33.9 | 0.341 | 28.0 | 28.1 | 0.766 | 31.1 | 31.0 | 0.739 |
Education | |||||||||
Up to primary | 34.8 | 36.7 | 0.480 | 57.2 | 55.7 | 0.581 | 46.1 | 46.2 | 0.970 |
Secondary | 51.1 | 50.5 | 0.834 | 39.7 | 37.7 | 0.467 | 45.3 | 44.1 | 0.535 |
High school & above | 14.0 | 12.7 | 0.490 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 0.004 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 0.313 |
Average schooling (years) | 8.6 | 8.2 | 0.076 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 0.662 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 0.534 |
Religion | |||||||||
Hindu | 77.7 | 59.8 | <0.001 | 76.5 | 60.2 | <0.001 | 77.1 | 60.0 | <0.001 |
Muslim | 1.9 | 3.9 | 0.041 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 0.137 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.012 |
Christian | 5.5 | 4.7 | 0.499 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 0.555 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 0.371 |
Sarna | 14.8 | 31.6 | <0.001 | 16.1 | 31.8 | <0.001 | 15.5 | 31.7 | <0.001 |
Caste | |||||||||
Scheduled caste (SC) | 9.4 | 6.1 | 0.027 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 0.064 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 0.776 |
Scheduled tribe (ST) | 40.3 | 55.6 | <0.001 | 33.5 | 50.7 | <0.001 | 36.9 | 53.1 | <0.001 |
Other Backward class (OBC) | 43.7 | 37.3 | 0.018 | 55.3 | 38.4 | <0.001 | 49.6 | 37.9 | <0.001 |
General | 6.6 | 1.1 | <0.001 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 0.005 | 6.0 | 1.7 | <0.001 |
Family Type | |||||||||
Nuclear | 64.0 | 57.1 | 0.011 | 52.9 | 51.2 | 0.529 | 58.4 | 54.1 | 0.028 |
Joint/extended | 36.0 | 42.9 | 0.011 | 47.1 | 48.8 | 0.529 | 41.6 | 45.9 | 0.010 |
Exposure to mass media | 65.5 | 72.1 | 0.011 | 50.1 | 83.7 | <0.001 | 57.7 | 77.9 | <0.001 |