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Table 2 Characteristic of VHSNC members, by state

From: Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India

 

Odisha (N= 857)

Jharkhand (N=1286)

All (N=2143)

Sex

Male (%)

24.7

35.2

31.0

Female (%)

75.3

64.8

69.0

Social category

Scheduled Tribe (%)

55.1

74.4

47.6

Scheduled Caste (%)

7.4

6.7

26.0

Other Backward Class (%)

36.9

18.9

26.1

Other (%)

0.7

0.0

0.3

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