Table 1 Distribution of Sociodemographic factors of school going Children is shown in table. It shows the impact of kids’ residence, their mothers’ qualification, father’s occupation, family size and number of siblings, on child’s health
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 740 | 52.11 |
Female | 680 | 48.89 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 1070 | 75.35 |
Urban | 350 | 24.65 |
Father’s Literacy | ||
Literate | 604 | 42.54 |
Illiterate | 816 | 57.46 |
Mother’s Literacy | ||
Literate | 551 | 38.80 |
Illiterate | 869 | 61.20 |
Mother working status | ||
House wife | 1207 | 85 |
Outside home working | 213 | 15 |
Father occupation | ||
Laborer | 567 | 39.93 |
Farmer | 58 | 4.08 |
Govt. employer | 452 | 31.83 |
Shopkeeper | 90 | 6.34 |
Landlord | 48 | 3.38 |
Others | 205 | 14.44 |
Family size | ||
> 5 | 1046 | 73.66 |
< 5 | 374 | 20.34 |
Number of siblings | ||
No | 157 | 11.06 |
1–3 | 583 | 41.06 |
> 3 | 680 | 47.88 |