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Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of research participants

From: Who is excluded and how? An analysis of community spaces for maternal and child health in Pakistan

Characteristics

Districts

Total

Thatta

Rajanpur

Ghizer

(n = 30)

(n = 55)

(n = 35)

(n = 120)

Sex

    

 Female

15

28

16

59

 Male

15

27

19

61

Age group, years

    

 16–30

13

15

12

40

 31–45

11

30

15

56

 46–60

4

10

5

19

 >60

2

0

3

5

Educational status

    

 Not literate

17

39

0

56

 Primary

9

5

3

17

 Higher secondary

3

9

30

42

 Above higher secondary

1

2

2

5

Marital status

    

 Unmarried

7

2

2

11

 Married

23

53

33

109

Economic status

    

 Very poor (nomads and landless peasants)

9

15

5

29

 Poor (tenants and small land owners)

11

27

19

57

 Better-off (big land and business owners)

10

13

11

34