Variable | Category | All (%) | Intervention group (%) | Comparison group (%) | Test of significance (p value) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 11,105 | n = 5974 | n = 5131 | |||
Caste | Scheduled Tribes | 1332 (12.0) | 596 (10.0) | 736 (14.3) | < 0.01 |
Scheduled castes | 2664 (24.0) | 1164 (19.5) | 1500 (29.2) | < 0.01 | |
Other backward classes | 5456 (49.1) | 3260 (54.6) | 2196 (42.8) | < 0.01 | |
Others | 1653 (14.9) | 954 (16.0) | 699 (13.6) | < 0.01 | |
Sex | Male | 5469 (49.3) | 2873 (48.1) | 2596 (50.6) | < 0.01 |
Female | 5636 (50.7) | 3101 (51.9) | 2535 (49.4) | < 0.01 | |
Education | Not Literate | 4004 (36.1) | 1931 (32.3) | 2073 (40.4) | < 0.01 |
Primary | 3115 (28.0) | 1635 (27.4) | 1480 (28.8) | 0.10 | |
Secondary | 2632 (23.7) | 1525 (25.5) | 1107 (21.6) | < 0.01 | |
Above secondary | 1354 (12.2) | 833 (14.8) | 471 (9.2) | < 0.01 | |
Mean age (years) | 46.0 | 46.8 | 45.1 | < 0.01 | |
Mean family size | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 | < 0.01 | |
Mean distance from nearest health facility (kilometres) | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | < 0.01 |