|
Variables
|
Number of women
|
Percentage
|
|---|
|
Age groups (years)
| | |
|
< 20
|
553
|
22.3
|
|
20-35
|
1850
|
74.6
|
|
>35
|
78
|
3.1
|
|
Ethnicity
| | |
|
Brahmin/Chhetri
|
1515
|
61.1
|
|
Dalit
|
490
|
19.7
|
|
Janajati
|
323
|
13.0
|
|
Religious minorities
|
153
|
6.2
|
|
Education
| | |
|
Illiterate
|
591
|
23.8
|
|
Informal
|
915
|
36.9
|
|
Primary
|
315
|
12.7
|
|
Secondary
|
464
|
18.7
|
|
Intermediate and above
|
196
|
7.9
|
|
Occupation
| | |
|
Agriculture
|
1901
|
75.3
|
|
Service
|
57
|
3.6
|
|
Business
|
42
|
1.7
|
|
Wage laborer
|
36
|
1.5
|
|
Housewife
|
398
|
16.0
|
|
Other
|
47
|
1.9
|
|
Wealth quintile
| | |
|
Lowest
|
503
|
20.3
|
|
Second
|
555
|
22.4
|
|
Middle
|
432
|
17.4
|
|
Fourth
|
499
|
20.1
|
|
Highest
|
492
|
19.8
|
- Results are shown for 2,481 women from the mid- and far-western regions of Nepal.
