Demographic Characteristics of Households Included in the Survey, Bihar and Jharkhand States of India, 2016
| Variables | Bihar | Jharkhand | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n=250) | Intervention (n=500) | Control (n=100) | Intervention (n=200) | Control (N=350) | Intervention (N=700) | |
| Population of villagesa | 112,522 | 394,497 | 12,590 | 37,516 | 125,112 | 432,013 |
| Total no. of householdsa | 24,431 | 63,944 | 2471 | 7620 | 26,902 | 71,564 |
| Distance to nearest PHC, mean (km) | 11.0 | 9.0 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 10.1 |
| Average no. of family members in the surveyed households | 10.1 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Caste group, % | ||||||
| General | 12.8 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 9.7 |
| Other Backward Caste | 42.0 | 43.6 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Scheduled Caste | 31.2 | 27.2 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 24.9 | 20.4 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 6.4 | 8.2 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 26.9 | 29.3 |
| Mahadalitb | 6.8 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| Not disclosed | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Religious affiliation, % | ||||||
| Hindu | 85.2 | 83.8 | 37.0 | 41.5 | 71.4 | 71.7 |
| Muslim | 13.6 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 10.9 |
| Christian | 0.8 | 0.4 | 35.0 | 33.5 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| Sikh | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jain | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Buddhist | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Sarna | 0.0 | 0.6 | 27.0 | 23.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| Not disclosed | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Major occupation, % | ||||||
| Agriculture | 32.4 | 31.3 | 95.0 | 87.5 | 50.3 | 47.4 |
| Labor | 44.8 | 44.1 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 32.3 | 32.2 |
| Service | 5.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Business | 10.0 | 11.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
| Other | 7.2 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Income category, % | ||||||
| Below the poverty level | 74.0 | 70.6 | 90.0 | 86.5 | 78.6 | 75.1 |
| Above the poverty level | 22.0 | 25.4 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 18.3 | 21.7 |
| Don't know | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 |