Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 161)

Age (years)

(40.66 ± 12.02)

43.57 ± 13.02

38.47 ± 10.77

< 0.01

 20–30

36 (22.4)

14 (20.3)

22 (23.9)

 31–40

52 (32.3)

17 (24.6)

35 (38.0)

 41–50

40 (24.8)

15 (21.7)

25 (27.2)

  > 50

33 (20.5)

23 (33.3)

10 (10.9)

Sex

0.958

 Male

121 (75.2)

52 (75.4)

69 (75.0)

 Female

40 (24.8)

17 (24.6)

23 (25.0)

Residence

0.234

 Urban

124 (77.0)

50 (72.5)

74 (80.4)

 Rural

37 (23.0)

19 (27.5)

18 (19.6)

Socioeconomic status

0.061

 Lower

57 (35.4)

31 (44.9)

26 (28.3)

 Middle

94 (58.4)

33 (47.8)

61 (66.3)

 Upper

10 (6.2)

5 (7.2)

5 (5.4)

Ethnic group

0.203

 Brahmin/ Chhetri

57 (35.4)

21 (30.4)

36 (39.1)

 Aadibashi/Janajati

76 (47.2)

32 (46.4)

44 (47.8)

 Others

28 (17.4)

16 (23.2)

12 (13.0)

Marital status

0.652

 Unmarried

11 (6.8)

4 (5.8)

7 (7.6)

 Ever married

150 (93.2)

65 (94.2)

85 (92.4)

Employment

0.020

 Employed

80 (49.7)

27 (39.1)

53 (57.6)

 Unemployed

81 (50.3)

42 (60.1)

39 (42.4)

Education

0.021

 Illiterate

20 (12.4)

14 (20.3)

6 (6.5)

 Up to 10 years of schooling

96 (59.6)

40 (58.0)

56 (60.9)

 Higher

45 (28.0)

15 (21.7)

30 (32.6)

Food habit

0.719

 Vegetarian

6 (3.7)

3 (3.3)

3 (4.7)

 Non vegetarian

155 (96.3)

66 (96.7)

89 (95.3)

Family support

0.513

 Full

106 (65.8)

42 (60.9)

64 (69.6)

 Partial

39 (24.2)

19 (27.5)

20 (21.7)

 No support

16 (9.9)

8 (11.6)

8 (8.7)