Table 1 Variables and their definitions used in the study
Variables | Definition |
|---|---|
Outcome variable | Â |
P-scale score | Total algebraic sum of the rated scores by the respondents (between 0–90) |
Covariate | Â |
Stigma Score | Total algebraic sum of the rated scores by the participants (between 0–43) |
Sociodemographic variables | Â |
Place of residence | Respondent’s place of residence – rural or urban. Respondents living in Rural Municipalities at the time of the survey are categorized as rural and those living in Urban Municipality categorized as urban residents. |
Gender | Self-reported sex identity of respondent - male or female |
Age | Completed age in years of respondent at the time of survey |
Caste and ethnicity | Self-reported caste and ethnic group of respondents – Brahmin/Chhetri, Jana Jaati, Dalit, Madhesi, Muslim and others |
Religion | Respondent’s self-reported religious belief at the time of survey |
Education | Respondent’s reported level of educational attainment - no formal education, Primary/basic level education, secondary and higher-level education |
Occupation | Respondent’s main occupation at the time of survey - labor, service, unemployed or housework, business, self-employment, farming, and cannot work |
Marital status | Respondent’s self-reported marital status at the time of survey - married, ever married, single (widowed or divorced) |
Disability type | Self-reported impairments and functional limitations, categorized as physical, visual, hearing, intellectual, and multiple disabilities, confirmed by their disability ID cards and or with the assessment using the WG questionnaire (short-set). |
Severity of disability | Categorized as a profound, severe, moderate, and mild disability based on the government distributed red, blue, yellow, and white color disability ID cards respectively. |
Household wealth index [30] | A composite measure of a household’s cumulative living standard calculated using easy-to-collect data on a household’s ownership of selected assets such as TV, cupboard, fan, materials used for housing construction - lowest, second, middle, fourth, highest |