Socio-demographic variables | Banda (n = 18,871) N (%) | Kaushambi (n = 18,453) N (%) |
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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) |