Variables | Abhoynagar % | Mirsarai % | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 854 | n = 863 | |||||
Age in years | Wife n = 433 | Husband n = 421 | Total n = 854 | Wife n = 439 | Husband n = 424 | Total n = 863 |
<20 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 0.2 | 7.2 |
20–24 | 38.2 | 14.6 | 26.7 | 39.1 | 7.4 | 23.7 |
25–29 | 23.3 | 34.7 | 28.9 | 30.5 | 22.7 | 26.7 |
30–34 | 10.8 | 20.3 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 28.7 | 20.1 |
35–39 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 19.9 | 11.6 |
40+ | 0.5 | 14.8 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 21.1 | 10.7 |
Median age in years | 22 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 32 | 28 |
Education/schooling | ||||||
No school; can’t sign | 1.4 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 6.6 |
No school; can sign | 8.5 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 21.5 | 17.2 |
Primary school incomplete (1–5 years) | 12.6 | 22.5 | 17.4 | 11.7 | 20.8 | 16.1 |
Primary school complete | 11.7 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 7.1 |
Secondary school incomplete (6–10 years) | 55.6 | 37.1 | 46.5 | 53.5 | 28.9 | 41.6 |
Secondary school complete | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
High school incomplete | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
High school complete | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
Degree/graduation complete | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
Other | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
Occupation | ||||||
Housewife | 98.4 | 0.0 | 50.3 | 99.3 | 0.0 | 51.1 |
Farmer/agriculture | 0.5 | 20.3 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 8.1 |
Small trade | 0.0 | 24.6 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 31.6 | 15.3 |
Day laborer | 0.2 | 15.1 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 5.5 |
Rickshaw/van puller | 0.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.9 |
Hawker | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
Driver | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 2.8 |
Petty job | 0.5 | 22.7 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 9.6 |
Unemployed | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 2.7 |
Other | 0.5 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
Number of children | Abhoynagar % | Mirsarai % | ||||
n = 854 | n = 863 | |||||
0 | 20.5 | 21.8 | ||||
1 | 37.2 | 32.9 | ||||
2 | 25.1 | 23.3 | ||||
3 | 12.6 | 14.1 | ||||
4+ | 25.1 | 7.9 |