Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children surveyed, Uttar Pradesh, 2014 (n = 6421)
Characteristics | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
≤ 6a | 1160 | 18.1 |
7–10 | 4455 | 69.4 |
> 10 | 806 | 12.6 |
Gender | ||
Boys | 3212 | 50.0 |
Girls | 3209 | 50.0 |
Caste | ||
General / Other backward class | 3761 | 58.6 |
Scheduled caste/scheduled tribe | 2622 | 40.8 |
Not disclosed | 38 | 0.6 |
Religion | ||
Hindu | 5211 | 81.16 |
Muslim | 1200 | 18.69 |
Others | 10 | 0.16 |
Education of father | ||
No education | 2663 | 41.5 |
Primary/middle school | 2474 | 38.5 |
Secondary school or above | 1235 | 19.2 |
Not mentioned | 49 | 0.8 |
Education of mother | ||
No education | 5007 | 78.0 |
Primary/middle school | 1091 | 17.0 |
Secondary school or above | 301 | 4.7 |
Not mentoned | 22 | 0.3 |
Occupation of father | ||
Wage Labourer | 3471 | 54.1 |
Agriculture/animal husbandry/allied activity | 1699 | 26.5 |
Self employed/service | 1086 | 16.9 |
Others | 107 | 0.2 |
Unemployed | 58 | 0.9 |
Place of defecation | ||
Open field | 4916 | 76.6 |
Latrine | 1505 | 23.4 |
Source of drinking water | ||
Public tap/Piped water | 6197 | 96.5 |
Unprotected dug well or spring | 84 | 1.3 |
Protected well | 74 | 1.2 |
Others | 66 | 1.0 |
Type of house | ||
Kuccha wall and roof (house made of mud) | 1654 | 25.8 |
Pucca (Pucca wall and roof) (house made of of concrete, brick and cement) | 2789 | 43.4 |
Semi Pucca | 1978 | 30.8 |
Regular handwashing after defecation | ||
No | 78 | 1.2 |
With only water | 795 | 12.4 |
With mud or ash | 2323 | 36.2 |
With soap | 3225 | 50.2 |
Child took deworming medicine for LF in last 1 year | ||
Yes | 969 | 15.1 |
No | 5207 | 81.1 |
Don’t know | 245 | 3.8 |