Table 1 Socioeconomic and geographic characteristics of respondents women in NDHS 2016
Determinants | Frequency (N = 1978) | % |
|---|---|---|
Structural | ||
 Wealth rank | ||
  Poor (40%) | 832 | 42.3 |
  Rich (60%) | 1146 | 58.2 |
 Ethnicity | ||
  Disadvantaged | 1374 | 69.8 |
  Advantaged | 604 | 30.7 |
 Education | ||
  Illiterate | 570 | 29.0 |
  Literate | 1408 | 71.5 |
 Intersectionality | ||
 Marginalisation status of women | ||
  Poor and illiterate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 197 | 10.0 |
  or and illiterate and advantaged ethnicity | 70 | 4.0 |
  Poor and literate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 347 | 18.0 |
  Rich and illiterate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 283 | 14.0 |
  Poor and literate and advantaged ethnicity | 218 | 11.0 |
  Rich and illiterate and advantaged ethnicity | 20 | 1.0 |
  Rich and literate and disadvantaged ethnicity | 547 | 28.0 |
  Rich and literate and advantaged ethnicity | 296 | 15.0 |
Intermediary | ||
 Language | ||
  Nepali | 839 | 42.6 |
  Maithili | 360 | 18.3 |
  Bhojpuri | 267 | 13.6 |
  Others (e.g., Newari or Tharu) | 512 | 26.0 |
 Provinces | ||
  One | 338 | 17.2 |
 Two | 513 | 26.1 |
  Three | 312 | 15.9 |
  Four | 164 | 8.3 |
  Five | 364 | 18.5 |
  Six | 121 | 6.1 |
  Seven | 166 | 8.4 |
 Residence | ||
  Urban | 1062 | 54.0 |
  Rural | 916 | 46.5 |
 Region | ||
  Mountain | 131 | 6.7 |
  Hill | 760 | 38.6 |
  Terai | 1087 | 55.2 |