Family Centered Approach in Primary Health Care: Experience from an Urban Area of Mangalore, India

Table 1

Key sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.

Characteristic		%
Total population	5,368	100
Total households	809	100
Religion
Muslim	779	96.3
Hindu	26	3.2
Christian	4	0.5
Type of family
Nuclear	518	64
Joint/extended	291	36
Number of reproductive age group women	1539	28.7
Number of eligible couples	1409	26.2
Under five children
Male	295	5.4
Female	253	4.6
Source of health services for the family
Public sector	186	23
Private/others	623	77