Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 224)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean age (± SD) of household head 54 0.8 (± 13.12) years | ||||
Gender of Household head | ||||
Male | 192 | 85.7 | ||
Female | 32 | 14.3 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Janajati | 150 | 67.0 | ||
Brahmin/ Chhetri | 65 | 29.0 | ||
Dalit | 9 | 4.0 | ||
Literacy Status | ||||
Literate | 188 | 83.9 | ||
Illiterate | 36 | 16.1 | ||
Types of Family | ||||
Nuclear Family | 152 | 67.9 | ||
Joint and Extended | 72 | 32.1 | ||
Average member (± SD) in family 5.6 (± 1.93) | ||||
Elderly member in the family | ||||
No | 123 | 54.9 | ||
Yes | 101 | 45.1 | ||
Number of elderly members in the family (n = 101) | ||||
1 | 58 | 57.4 | ||
2 | 39 | 38.6 | ||
3 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
4 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
Children in Family | ||||
No | 167 | 74.6 | ||
Yes | 57 | 25.4 | ||
Number of children in the family (n = 57) | ||||
1 | 47 | 82.5 | ||
2 | 9 | 15.8 | ||
3 | 1 | 1.8 | ||
Chronic illness in the family | ||||
No | 98 | 43.7 | ||
Yes | 126 | 56.3 | ||
Number of family members with Chronic Illness in the family (n = 126) | ||||
1 | 81 | 64.3 | ||
2 | 38 | 30.2 | ||
3 | 7 | 5.6 | ||
Family members with a disability | ||||
No | 218 | 97.3 | ||
Yes | 6 | 2.7 | ||
Major expenditure | ||||
Household | 101 | 45.1 | ||
Education | 69 | 30.8 | ||
Health | 54 | 24.1 | ||
Socioeconomic status of household | ||||
Lower | 126 | 56.3 | ||
Middle | 95 | 42.4 | ||
Upper | 3 | 1.3 | ||
Average family annual income = NRS 553,200 | ||||
Average expenditure in health (in percentage) = 20.4 ± 16.2 | ||||