Table 1 Housing and Family Characteristics
Variable | Level | Frequency | Percentage | Fisher Exact value | P- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of rooms in the house | 1 | 59 | 52.7 | 2.668 | .085 |
2 | 25 | 22.3 | |||
3–4 | 28 | 25 | |||
No of washrooms | 1 | 82 | 73.2 | 2.859 | .083 |
2 | 26 | 23.2 | |||
3 | 4 | 3.6 | |||
Ownership of the home | Owned by the family | 59 | 52.7 | 6.683 | .007 |
Rented | 45 | 40.2 | |||
other | 8 | 7.1 | |||
Occupation of the head of family | Laborer | 65 | 58 | 3.435 | .053 |
Office Worker | 14 | 12.5 | |||
Salesman | 11 | 9.8 | |||
Driver | 11 | 9.8 | |||
Other | 11 | 9.8 | |||
No. of family members at home | Upto4 | 3 | 2.7 | 1.772 | .153 |
5–8 | 84 | 77 | |||
9–12 | 22 | 21.3 | |||
Ordinal position among siblings | 1 | 27 | 24.1 | - | - |
2 | 22 | 19.6 | |||
3 | 18 | 16.1 | |||
4 | 22 | 19.6 | |||
5 | 11 | 9.8 | |||
6 | 6 | 5.4 | |||
7 | 4 | 3.6 | |||
9 | 2 | 1.8 | |||
Type of family structure | Nuclear | 81 | 72.3% | .417 | .521 |
Joint | 31 | 27.7% | |||
Number Of Working Family Members | 1 | 29 | 25.9 | 1.038 | .275 |
2 | 32 | 28.6 | |||
3 | 30 | 26.8 | |||
4 | 16 | 14.3 | |||
5 | 5 | 4.5 | |||
Average household income/month | Rs 4000–12,000 | 31 | 27.7% | 2.480 | .092 |
Rs13000–15,000 | 32 | 30.3% | |||
Rs 16,000–20,000 | 25 | 22.4% | |||
Rs 25,000–60,000 | 22 | 19.6% | |||
Per capita income | Up to Rs54/day | 27 | 25 | .157 | .684 |
Up to Rs80/day | 24 | 22.3 | |||
Up to Rs 100/day | 32 | 28.6 | |||
Up to Rs 167/day | 27 | 24.1 | |||
Expenditure other than food | Bills | 73 | 65.2 | .121 | .689 |
Rent | 24 | 21.4 | |||
Medicines | 6 | 5.4 | |||
Education fees | 2 | 1.8 | |||
Other | 7 | 6.3 |