Age, years, mean | 29.2 | 29.4 | 29.1 | |
15–19 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | .84 |
20–24 | 22.1 | 19.9 | 24.3 | .02 |
25–29 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 31.5 | .79 |
30–34 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 22.3 | .23 |
35–39 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 9.9 | .007 |
40–45 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 9.7 | .04 |
Education level | | | | |
No school | 17.4 | 18.0 | 16.7 | .46 |
Primary school | 58.8 | 59.2 | 58.5 | .74 |
Secondary school (up to grade 9) | 20.3 | 18.8 | 21.6 | .13 |
High school (grades 10–12) or higher | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 | .36 |
Occupational status | | | | |
Unemployed | 12.5 | 13.2 | 11.8 | .35 |
Agriculture | 61.3 | 59.9 | 62.7 | .22 |
Informal | 9.2 | 9.7 | 8.8 | .52 |
Formal | 17.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | .79 |
Religion | | | | |
Buddhism | 98.3 | 96.9 | 99.6 | ≤.001 |
Others | 1.7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | ≤.001 |
Household size | | | | |
0–4 | 47.3 | 53.2 | 47.7 | .70 |
5 or more | 52.7 | 46.8 | 52.3 | .70 |
No. of living children | | | | |
0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | .02 |
1 | 35.3 | 33.7 | 36.9 | .14 |
2 | 28.3 | 30.9 | 25.6 | .01 |
3 or more | 35.2 | 34.8 | 35.8 | .67 |
Wealth quintile | | | | |
Q1, Poorest | 20.9 | 18.5 | 23.2 | .01 |
Q2 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 22.1 | .05 |
Q3 | 20.3 | 22.5 | 18.1 | .02 |
Q4 | 19.7 | 23.4 | 16.1 | ≤.001 |
Q5, Richest | 18.7 | 17.0 | 20.5 | .05 |