Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of participants

Gender

Female

249 (65.5)

244 (58.4)

335 (55.1)

388 (60.1)

Male

131 (34.5)

174 (41.6)

273 (44.9)

258 (39.9)

Age

Median

45

42

44

45

Range

30–85

30–79

30–90

30–95

Level of education

Illiterate

169 (44.5)

115 (27.5)

493 (81.1)

295 (45.7)

Up to primary or below

82 (21.6)

61 (14.6)

52 (8.6)

128 (19.8)

Primary to secondary

74 (19.5)

102 (24.4)

32 (5.3)

119 (18.4)

Higher than secondary

55 (14.5)

140 (33.5)

31 (5.1)

104 (16.1)

Religion

Hindu

353 (92.9)

390 (93.3)

508 (83.6)

639 (98.9)

Muslim

25 (6.6)

22 (5.3)

100 (16.5)

7 (1.1)

Christian

_

6 (1.4)

_

_

Don’t know/won’t say

2 (0.5)

_

_

_

Caste

General

89 (23.4)

171 (40.9)

65 (10.7)

84 (13.0)

Other Backward Classes

121 (31.8)

125 (29.9)

374 (61.5)

317 (49.07)

Scheduled Caste

160 (42.1)

100 (23.9)

154 (25.3)

199 (30.8)

Scheduled Tribe

10 (2.6)

15 (3.6)

15 (2.5)

44 (7.0)

Don’t know

_

7 (1.7)

_

1 (0.2)

Marital Status

Never

2 (0.5)

4 (0.9)

4 (0.7)

6 (0.9)

Married

319 (84.0)

387 (92.6)

571 (93.9)

579 (89.6)

Separated/divorced

1 (0.3)

_

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

Widowed

58 (15.3)

27 (6.5)

32 (5.3)

60 (9.3)

Profession/ occupation

Unemployed

10 (2.6)

19 (4.6)

17 (2.8)

35 (5.4)

Agriculture-self employed

_

_

189 (31.1)

140 (21.7)

Agriculture-labour

8 (2.1)

2 (0.5)

142 (23.4)

108 (16.7)

Non-agriculture labour/casual labour

20 (5.3)

21 (5.0)

20 (3.3)

39 (6.04)

Non-agriculture-self employed

58 (15.3)

51 (12.2)

15 (2.5)

11 (1.7)

Service/salary

64 (16.8)

97 (23.2)

11 (1.8)

47 (7.3)

Home maker

220 (57.9)

228 (54.6)

212 (34.9)

266 (41.2)

Other

_

_

2 (0.3)

_