Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
Parents’ current marital status | |||
Currently married | 653 | 79.1 | |
Divorced | 108 | 13.1 | |
Widowed | 65 | 7.9 | |
Parents’ place of residence | |||
Urban | 132 | 16.0 | |
Rural | 694 | 84.0 | |
Mother’s educational status | |||
Illiterate | 458 | 58.2 | |
Read and write | 234 | 29.7 | |
71 | 9.0 | ||
13 | 1.7 | ||
Higher education | 11 | 1.4 | |
Father’s educational status | |||
Illiterate | 197 | 26.5 | |
Read and write | 361 | 48.5 | |
140 | 18.8 | ||
28 | 3.8 | ||
Higher education | 18 | 2.4 | |
Father’s occupation | |||
Farmer | 646 | 86.8 | |
Merchant | 58 | 7.8 | |
Gov’t/private employ | 33 | 4.4 | |
Others | 7 | 1.0 | |
Mother’s occupation | |||
House wife | 323 | 41.0 | |
Farmer | 418 | 53.1 | |
Merchant | 30 | 3.8 | |
Others | 16 | 2.1 | |
Perceived economic status of parents | |||
Poor | 137 | 16.6 | |
Medium | 610 | 73.8 | |
Rich | 79 | 9.6 |