Research Article
Water and Sanitation Hygiene Practices for Under-Five Children among Households of Sugali Tribe of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Table 2
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study population (
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| Variable | Category | Total (%) |
| Child characteristics | Age of the child in months | 0–11 | 124 (24.8) | 12–35 | 228 (45.6) | 48–59 | 148 (29.6) | Gender of the child | Girls | 244 (48.8) | Boys | 256 (51.2) | Birth order | 1 | 343 (68.6) | >1 | 157 (31.4) | Socioeconomic characteristics | Mother’s education | ≥ primary school | 240 (48.0) | < primary school | 260 (52.0) | Father’s education | ≥ primary school | 165 (33.0) | < primary school | 221 (44.2) | Mother’s occupation | Nonlaborer | 221 (44.2) | Laborer and not working | 279 (55.8) | Fathers’ occupation | Nonlaborer | 148 (29.6) | Laborer and not working | 352 (70.4) | Household characteristics | Type of house | Pucca | 453 (90.6) | Semipucca/kutcha | 47 (9.4) | Presence of overcrowdin | Present | 326 (65.2) | Absent | 174 (34.8) | Below poverty line statu | | 196 (39.2) |
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is defined using the number of persons per room criteria. criteria used annual family income up to Rs 60,000.
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