Table 2 Sociodemographic and economic profile of Santhal households, Jharkhand, India (n = 211)
Characteristics | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Education level of women | ||
 Primary or lower (till 5th standard) | 165 | 78.2 |
 Above primary | 46 | 21.8 |
Occupation of the women | ||
 Engaged in unpaid household/care work | 142 | 67.3 |
 Shifting Cultivation/ Settled Agriculture | 40 | 19.0 |
 Gathering | 12 | 5.7 |
 Daily wager (agriculture and non agriculture) | 15 | 7.1 |
 Service (Government or Private) | 2 | 0.9 |
Family type | ||
 Nuclear | 101 | 47.9 |
 Joint/ extended | 110 | 52.1 |
Main source of drinking water | ||
 Tube well/Hand-pump | 134 | 63.5 |
 Well | 73 | 34.6 |
 River/Dam/spring /waterfall | 3 | 1.4 |
 Piped water | 1 | 0.5 |
Place of defecation | ||
 Open Field/ Jungle | 193 | 91.5 |
 Own Toilet | 18 | 8.5 |
 Characteristics | Mean | SD |
 Age of women in years | 27.2 | 7.0 |
HH wealth index | ||
 Lowermost quintile | -2.8 | 0.7 |
 Lower middle quintile | -1.2 | 0.3 |
 Middle quintile | -0.2 | 0.3 |
 Upper middle quintile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
 Uppermost quintile | 3.2 | 1.4 |