Variables | All women n = 2208 | Women from SHG HH n = 1729 | Women from Non-SHG HH n = 479 | p value |
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Household characteristics | ||||
 Religion (%) |  |  |  | 0.865 |
  Hindu | 2046 (92.7) | 1603 (92.7) | 443 (92.5) |  |
 Caste (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  SC/ST | 1172 (53.0) | 951 (54.9) | 221 (46.1) |  |
  Other backward caste | 772 (35.0) | 576 (33.3) | 196 (40.9) |  |
  Others | 264 (12.0) | 202 (11.7) | 62 (13.0) |  |
 Type of family (%) |  |  |  | 0.003 |
  Nuclear | 992 (44.9) | 744 (43.0) | 248 (51.8) |  |
  Non-nuclear | 1216 (55.1) | 985 (57.0) | 231 (48.2) |  |
 Drinking water (%) |  |  |  | 0.433 |
  Piped | 54 (2.4) | 40 (2.3) | 14 (2.9) |  |
  Pump | 2006 (90.9) | 1578 (91.3) | 428 (89.4) |  |
  Other sources | 148 (6.7) | 111 (6.4) | 37 (7.7) |  |
 Toilet facility (%) |  |  |  | 0.041 |
  Flush | 133 (6.0) | 96 (5.6) | 37 (7.7) |  |
  Pit | 43 (2.0) | 29 (1.7) | 14 (2.9) |  |
  Open defecation | 2032 (92.0) | 1604 (92.8) | 428 (89.4) |  |
 Mean household size (SD) | 7.3 (3.1) | 7.4 (3.1) | 6.8 (3.0) | < 0.001 |
 Wealth index (%) |  |  |  | 0.002 |
  Highest | 442 (20.0) | 328 (19.0) | 114 (23.8) |  |
  Second | 442 (20.0) | 358 (20.7) | 84 (17.5) |  |
  Middle | 441 (20.0) | 333 (19.3) | 108 (22.6) |  |
  Fourth | 457 (20.7) | 383 (22.2) | 74 (15.5) |  |
  Lowest | 426 (19.3) | 327 (18.9) | 99 (20.7) |  |
Women characteristics | ||||
 Mean age (SD) in years | 25.5 (4.9) | 25.6 (4.9) | 25.4 (4.9) | 0.429 |
 Attended school (%) | 1155 (52.3) | 906 (52.4) | 249 (52.0) | 0.872 |
 Educational level (%) |  |  |  | 0.036 |
  Up to primary | 404 (35.0) | 328 (36.2) | 76 (30.5) |  |
  Up to middle | 374 (32.4) | 299 (33.0) | 75 (30.1) |  |
  Up to intermediate | 287 (24.9) | 217 (24.0) | 70 (28.1) |  |
  Others | 90 (7.8) | 62 (6.8) | 28 (11.2) |  |
 Working (%) | 457 (20.7) | 381 (22.0) | 76 (15.9) | 0.003 |
 Median number of living children (Q1, Q3) | 2 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 3) |  |
 Mass media exposure | ||||
  Do not read newspaper (%) | 1832 (83.0) | 1442 (83.4) | 390 (81.4) | 0.307 |
  Do not listen to radio (%) | 1754 (79.4) | 1364 (78.9) | 390 (81.4) | 0.225 |
  Do not watch TV (%) | 1384 (62.7) | 1091 (63.1) | 293 (61.2) | 0.439 |
  Access to at least one of the above media (%) | 987 (44.7) | 772 (44.7) | 215 (44.9) | 0.927 |
 Marginalization (%) |  |  |  | 0.008 |
  Non-marginalized | 504 (22.8) | 377 (21.8) | 127 (26.5) |  |
  Any one form of marginalization | 674 (30.5) | 534 (30.9) | 140 (29.2) |  |
  Any two forms of marginalization | 656 (29.7) | 504 (29.2) | 152 (31.7) |  |
  All forms of marginalization | 374 (16.9) | 314 (18.2) | 60 (12.5) |  |