Water and Sanitation Hygiene Practices for Under-Five Children among Households of Sugali Tribe of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Table 2

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study population ().

Variable	Category	Total (%)
Child characteristics
Age of the child in months	0–11	124 (24.8)
	12–35	228 (45.6)
	48–59	148 (29.6)
Gender of the child	Girls	244 (48.8)
	Boys	256 (51.2)
Birth order	1	343 (68.6)
	>1	157 (31.4)
Socioeconomic characteristics
Mother’s education	≥ primary school	240 (48.0)
	< primary school	260 (52.0)
Father’s education	≥ primary school	165 (33.0)
	< primary school	221 (44.2)
Mother’s occupation	Nonlaborer	221 (44.2)
	Laborer and not working	279 (55.8)
Fathers’ occupation	Nonlaborer	148 (29.6)
	Laborer and not working	352 (70.4)
Household characteristics
Type of house	Pucca	453 (90.6)
	Semipucca/kutcha	47 (9.4)
Presence of overcrowdin	Present	326 (65.2)
	Absent	174 (34.8)
Below poverty line statu		196 (39.2)

is defined using the number of persons per room criteria.
criteria used annual family income up to Rs 60,000.