Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal

Table 1

Distribution of respondents by sociodemographic characteristics ().

Background characteristics	Number ()	Percent (%)
Age (years)
≤20	13	7.9
21-35	127	77.0
≥36	25	15.1
Religion
Hindu	77	46.7
Buddhists	68	41.2
Christian	20	12.1
Family type
Nuclear	104	63.0
Joint/extended	61	37.0
Caste
Brahman/Chhetri	45	27.3
Janajati	112	67.9
Dalit	8	4.8
Education
No schooling	46	27.9
Primary level	63	38.2
Secondary and above levels	56	33.9
Husband’s education
No schooling	30	18.2
Primary level	81	49.1
Secondary and above levels	54	32.7
Occupation
House wife/agriculture	154	93.3
Working women	11	6.7
Husband’s occupation
Farming	67	40.6
Business	10	6.1
Service	25	15.2
Labor	34	20.6
Foreign employment	29	17.6
Age at marriage (years)
>20	110	66.7
20 to 34	55	33.3
Sex of recent child
Male	94	57.0
Female	71	43.0