Table 3 Distribution of the samples

Age

0.21

0.33

0.11

0.18

 < 25 years old

14 (13.3)

10 (9.5)

5 (5.7)

24 (11.4)

 25–40 years old

32 (30.5)

46 (43.8)

26 (29.9)

78 (37.1)

 >40–60 years old

43 (41.0)

33 (31.4)

39 (44.8)

76 (36.2)

 > 60 years old

16 (15.2)

16 (15.2)

17 (19.5)

32 (15.2)

Gender

0.67

0.17

0.08

0.08

 Male

40 (38.1)

43 (41.0)

25 (28.7)

83 (39.5)

 Female

65 (61.9)

62 (59.0)

62 (71.3)

127 (60.5)

Marital status

0.61

0.609

0.66

0.72

 Married

96 (91.4)

97 (92.4)

77 (90.6)

193 (91.9)

 Single

8 (7.6)

8 (7.6)

8 (9.4)

16 (7.6)

 Divorced

1 (1.0)

-

-

1 (0.5)

Ethnicity

0.69

0.1

0.12

0.11

 Bahun

14 (13.3)

17 (16.2)

22 (25.3)

31 (14.8)

 Chhetri

10 (9.5)

6 (5.7)

9 (10.3)

16 (7.7)

 Janajati

61 (58.1)

64 (61.0)

48 (55.2)

124 (59.3)

 Dalit

20 (19.0)

18 (17.1)

8 (9.2)

38 (18.2)

 Adults Working in Agriculture

2.66 (0.13)

2.39 (0.13)

0.14

2.49 (0.13)

0.36

0.57

2.52 (0.09)

0.86

 Yes

105 (100)

103 (98.0

0.16

84 (96.6)

0.06

0.50

208 (99.0)

0.13

 No

0 (0)

)

2 (2.0)

3 (3.4)

2 (1.0)

Working outside of the home

0.99 (0.12)

0.76 (0.09)

0.12

0.90 (0.12)

0.58

0.35

0.88 (0.07)

0.88

 Yes

59 (56.2)

54 (51.4)

0.49

50 (57.5)

0.86

0.40

113 (53.8)

0.56

 No

46 (43.8)

51 (48.6)

37 (42.5)

97 (46.2)

Landholding (hectares)

0.66 (0.11)

0.50 (0.08)

0.24

0.59 (0.09)

0.65

0.44

0.58 (0.07)

0.90

 ≤ 2 hectares

93 (88.6)

98 (93.3)

0.23

82 (87.0)

0.17

0.79

191 (91.0)

0.34

 > 2 hectares

12 (11.4)

7 (6.7)

5 (5.0)

19 (9.0)

Employment

0.46

0.54

0.85

0.56

 Employed

14 (13.3)

9 (8.6)

9 (10.3)

23 (21.0)

 Self-employed

87 (82.9)

90 (85.7)

72 (82.8)

177 (84.3)

 Unemployed

4 (3.8)

6 (5.7)

6 (6.9)

10 (4.8)