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Table 4 District-wise distribution of the socio-demographic characteristics of women (n = 37,324) obtained through the management information system

From: Evaluation of a community-based intervention for health and economic empowerment of marginalized women in India

Socio-demographic variables

Banda (n = 18,871)

N (%)

Kaushambi (n = 18,453)

N (%)

Mean (SD) age of women (years) at the time of enrollmenta

28 (8.4)

28 (9.2)

Mean (SD) age of women at marriage (years)b

17.3 (1.4)

14 (7.3)

Mean (SD) years of schooling (years)c

4 (3.0)

10 (1.5)

Religion

 Hindu

17,845 (94.6)

17,010 (92.2)

 Muslim

1018 (5.4)

1432 (7.8)

 Christian

8 (< 0.1)

2 (< 0.1)

 Missing cases

0

9 (< 0.1)

Social class

 Scheduled castes

7084 (37.5)

16,463 (89.5)

 Scheduled tribes

1139 (6.0)

94 (0.5)

 Other marginalized castes

10,195 (54.0)

1446 (7.9)

 Non-marginalized class

408 (2.2)

133 (0.7)

 Missing cases

45 (< 0.1)

317 (1.7)

Possession of below poverty line card

 Yes

12,341 (65.4)

7766 (42.3)

 No

6530 (34.6)

10,608 (57.7)

 Missing cases

0

79 (< 0.1)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard Deviation
  2. aThe denominator for Banda was 14,984 and Kaushambi was 16,655
  3. bThe denominator for Banda was 18,869 and Kaushambi was 18,447. The data were skewed. The median years of schooling for Banda were 0
  4. cThe denominator for Banda was 18,861 and Kaushambi was 18,453