Table 1 Population distribution by explanatory characteristics in the cross-sectional and panel datasets during two IHDS rounds
Characteristics | IHDS round-I | IHDS round-II | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cross-sectional dataset | Panel dataset | Absolute difference | Cross-sectional dataset | Panel dataset | Absolute difference | |||||
N | % | N | % | % | N | % | N | % | % | |
Household members watch TV | ||||||||||
 No | 10,126 | 30.6 | 5538 | 33.2 | 2.6 | 6398 | 18.8 | 3447 | 20.7 | 1.9 |
 Yes | 22,990 | 69.4 | 11,123 | 66.8 | 2.6 | 27,692 | 81.2 | 13,214 | 79.3 | 1.9 |
Household members listen to radio | ||||||||||
 No | 16,930 | 51.1 | 8724 | 52.4 | 1.3 | 24,172 | 70.9 | 11,910 | 71.5 | 0.6 |
 Yes | 16,186 | 48.9 | 7937 | 47.6 | 1.3 | 9918 | 29.1 | 4751 | 28.5 | 0.6 |
Household members read newspaper | ||||||||||
 No | 18,576 | 56.1 | 10,186 | 61.1 | 5.0 | 16,584 | 48.6 | 8620 | 51.7 | 3.1 |
 Yes | 14,540 | 43.9 | 6475 | 38.9 | 5.0 | 17,506 | 51.4 | 8041 | 48.3 | 3.1 |
Age group of individual | ||||||||||
 Children and youth | 2411 | 7.3 | 1004 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 2510 | 7.4 | 90 | 0.5 | 6.9 |
 Adults | 27,151 | 82.0 | 14,527 | 87.2 | 5.2 | 27,095 | 79.5 | 13,952 | 83.7 | 4.2 |
 Elderly | 3554 | 10.7 | 1130 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 4485 | 13.2 | 2619 | 15.7 | 2.5 |
Gender of individual | ||||||||||
 Male | 27,609 | 83.4 | 14,889 | 89.4 | 6.0 | 28,306 | 83.0 | 14,892 | 89.4 | 6.4 |
 Female | 5507 | 16.6 | 1772 | 10.6 | 6.0 | 5784 | 17.0 | 1769 | 10.6 | 6.4 |
Level of education of individual | ||||||||||
 No formal schooling | 13,555 | 40.9 | 6984 | 41.9 | 1.0 | 12,542 | 36.8 | 6881 | 41.3 | 4.5 |
 1–5 years of schooling | 6715 | 20.3 | 3581 | 21.5 | 1.2 | 6947 | 20.4 | 3738 | 22.4 | 2.0 |
 6–10 years of schooling | 9825 | 29.7 | 4935 | 29.6 | 0.1 | 10,959 | 32.1 | 4810 | 28.9 | 3.2 |
 More than 10 years of schooling | 3021 | 9.1 | 1161 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 3642 | 10.7 | 1232 | 7.4 | 3.3 |
Current working status of individual | ||||||||||
 Not working | 15,373 | 46.4 | 6787 | 40.7 | 5.7 | 7191 | 21.1 | 2705 | 16.2 | 4.9 |
 Working | 17,743 | 53.6 | 9874 | 59.3 | 5.7 | 26,899 | 78.9 | 13,956 | 83.8 | 4.9 |
Current marital status of individual | ||||||||||
 Currently married | 28,455 | 85.9 | 15,123 | 90.8 | 4.9 | 28,335 | 83.1 | 14,884 | 89.3 | 6.2 |
 Currently not married | 4661 | 14.1 | 1538 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 5755 | 16.9 | 1777 | 10.7 | 6.2 |
Wealth quintile of household | ||||||||||
 Poorest | 7460 | 22.5 | 4442 | 26.7 | 4.2 | 7463 | 21.9 | 4060 | 24.4 | 2.5 |
 Poor | 7147 | 21.6 | 3897 | 23.4 | 1.8 | 7933 | 23.3 | 4108 | 24.7 | 1.4 |
 Medium | 6958 | 21.0 | 3585 | 21.5 | 0.5 | 7399 | 21.7 | 3703 | 22.2 | 0.5 |
 Rich | 6547 | 19.8 | 2903 | 17.4 | 2.4 | 6158 | 18.1 | 2850 | 17.1 | 1.0 |
 Richest | 5004 | 15.1 | 1834 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 5137 | 15.1 | 1940 | 11.6 | 3.5 |
Caste of household head | ||||||||||
 Other Backward Classes | 12,811 | 38.7 | 6634 | 39.8 | 1.1 | 13,649 | 40.1 | 6576 | 39.5 | 0.6 |
 Scheduled Castes | 7521 | 22.7 | 4066 | 24.4 | 1.7 | 8005 | 23.5 | 4111 | 24.7 | 1.2 |
 Scheduled Tribes | 3983 | 12.0 | 1944 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 3921 | 11.5 | 1974 | 11.8 | 0.3 |
 Others | 8801 | 26.6 | 4017 | 24.1 | 2.5 | 8470 | 24.9 | 4000 | 24.0 | 0.9 |
Religion of household head | ||||||||||
 Hindu | 27,046 | 81.7 | 13,945 | 83.7 | 2.0 | 28,235 | 82.8 | 14,100 | 84.6 | 1.8 |
 Muslim | 3657 | 11.0 | 1740 | 10.4 | 0.6 | 3980 | 11.7 | 1754 | 10.5 | 1.2 |
 Others | 2413 | 7.3 | 976 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 1875 | 5.5 | 807 | 4.8 | 0.7 |
Place of residence | ||||||||||
 Rural | 24,641 | 74.4 | 13,223 | 79.4 | 5.0 | 24,795 | 72.7 | 12,904 | 77.5 | 4.8 |
 Urban | 8475 | 25.6 | 3438 | 20.6 | 5.0 | 9295 | 27.3 | 3757 | 22.5 | 4.8 |
Country regions | ||||||||||
 Central | 7663 | 23.1 | 4898 | 29.4 | 6.3 | 9615 | 28.2 | 4898 | 29.4 | 1.2 |
 Northern | 6522 | 19.7 | 3368 | 20.2 | 0.5 | 6925 | 20.3 | 3368 | 20.2 | 0.1 |
 Southern | 5683 | 17.2 | 2418 | 14.5 | 2.7 | 5566 | 16.3 | 2418 | 14.5 | 1.8 |
 Western | 4302 | 13.0 | 1931 | 11.6 | 1.4 | 4186 | 12.3 | 1931 | 11.6 | 0.7 |
 Eastern | 6572 | 19.8 | 3356 | 20.1 | 0.3 | 6206 | 18.2 | 3356 | 20.1 | 1.9 |
 North-eastern | 2374 | 7.2 | 690 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1592 | 4.7 | 690 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
Overall | 33,116 | 100 | 16,661 | 100 | 0 | 34,090 | 100 | 16,661 | 100 | 0 |