Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status among Male Workers of Iron and Steel Industries in Bara District, Nepal

Table 2

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the participants (N = 271).

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Age (median = 37, SD = 8.2)
Less than 40	149	55
More than or equal to 40	122	45
Religion
Hindu	257	94.8
Others	14	4.2
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	97	35.8
Madhesi	127	46.9
Dalit/Janajati	47	17.3
Educational status
Illiterate	57	21
Primary	82	30.3
Secondary	106	39.1
Higher than secondary	26	9.6
Income (median = NPR. 25000, SD = 16110.45)
Less than NPR. 19480	73	26.9
More than NPR. 19480	198	73.9