Table 1 Percentage distribution of the selected sample of the girls, bivariate distribution of SRH as reported by adolescent girls and their mothers, and difference in reporting in SRH by girls and their mothers
Column A | Column B | Column C | Column D | Column E | Column F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background Characteristics | Total sample N (%) | Poor SRH as reported by girls (%) | Poor SRH as reported by girl’s mothers (%) | Absolute Difference in SRH (Girl’s SRH- mother’s SRH) | Percent change (Girl’s SRH- mother’s SRH/mother’s SRH) *100 |
(Column C – ColumnD) | (Column E/Column D)*100 | ||||
Household characteristics | |||||
Caste | |||||
SC/ST | 69 (19.7) | 24 (34.8) | 21 (30.4) | 4.4 | 14.5 |
OBC | 170 (48.6) | 26 (15.3) | 17 (10) | 5.3 | 53.0 |
Others | 111 (31.7) | 18 (16.2) | 5 (4.5) | 11.7 | 260.0 |
Religion | |||||
Hindu | 271 (77.4) | 52 (19.2) | 28 (10.3) | 8.9 | 86.4 |
Non-Hindu | 79 (22.6) | 16 (20.3) | 15 (19.0) | 1.3 | 6.8 |
Wealth index | |||||
Poorest | 67 (19.1) | 24 (35.8) | 26 (38.8) | − 3.0 | − 7.8 |
Poor | 73 (20.9) | 12 (16.4) | 9 (12.3) | 4.1 | 33.33 |
Middle | 70 (20.0) | 8 (11.4) | 1 (1.4) | 10 | 714.3 |
Rich | 69 (19.7) | 11 (15.9) | 3 (4.4) | 11.5 | 261.4 |
Richest | 71 (20.3) | 13 (18.3) | 4 (5.6) | 12.7 | 226.8 |
Composition of children | |||||
Only daughter/ no son | 39 (11.1) | 2 (5.1) | 5 (12.8) | − 7.7 | − 60.2 |
Equal son and daughter | 126 (36.0) | 31 (24.6) | 16 (12.7) | 11.9 | 93.7 |
More son/less daughter | 117 (33.4) | 18 (15.4) | 11 (9.4) | 6 | 63.8 |
More daughter/less son | 68 (19.4) | 17 (25.0) | 11 (16.2) | 8.8 | 54.3 |
Parental characteristics | |||||
Father education | |||||
No education | 53 (15.4) | 12 (22.6) | 13 (24.5) | − 1.9 | − 7.8 |
Primary | 54 (15.7) | 16 (29.6) | 11 (20.4) | 9.2 | 45.1 |
Secondary | 67 (19.4) | 11 (16.4) | 7 (10.5) | 5.9 | 56.2 |
Higher secondary | 65 (18.8) | 10 (15.4) | 9 (13.9) | 1.5 | 10.8 |
Graduation and above | 106 (30.7) | 18 (17.0) | 3 (2.8) | 14.2 | 507.1 |
Mother education | |||||
No education | 97 (27.7) | 27 (27.8) | 16 (16.5) | 11.3 | 68.5 |
Primary | 59 (16.9) | 6 (10.2) | 6 (10.2) | 0 | 0 |
Secondary | 78 (22.3) | 18 (23.1) | 14 (18.0) | 5.1 | 28.3 |
Higher secondary | 83 (23.7) | 13 (15.7) | 5 (6.0) | 9.7 | 161.7 |
Graduation and above | 33 (9.4) | 4 (12.1) | 2 (6.1) | 6 | 98.4 |
Working status of Fathera | |||||
Working | 334 (96.8) | 63 (18.9) | 43 (12.9) | 6 | 46.5 |
Not working | 11 (3.2) | 4 (36.4) | 0 (0.0) | 36.4 | b |
Working status of Mother | |||||
Working | 39 (11.1) | 8 (20.5) | 4 (10.3) | 10.2 | 99.0 |
Not working | 311 (88.9) | 60 (19.3) | 39 (12.5) | 6.8 | 54.4 |
Adolescent girl’s characteristics | |||||
Girl’s Educ. | |||||
8–10th | 210 (60.0) | 41 (19.5) | 25 (11.9) | 7.6 | 63.9 |
11–12th | 140 (40.0) | 27 (19.3) | 18 (12.9) | 6.4 | 49.6 |
Age of the girl | |||||
13–15 years | 181 (51.7) | 36 (19.9) | 20 (11.1) | 8.4 | 75.7 |
16–19 years | 169 (48.3) | 32 (18.9) | 23 (13.6) | 5.3 | 41.2 |
Total | 350 (100) | 68 (19.4) | 43 (12.3) | 7.1 | 57.7 |