Table 2.1.3  

Percentage Distribution of Parent Group Respondents by Background 

Characteristics  

Male 

Female 

Total  

Background Characteristics 

Baseline 

Endline 

Baseline 

Endline 

Baseline 

Endline 

Age group  

15 24 

14.6 

10.7 

  4.3 

  6.7 

  9.1 

  8.0 

25 34 

  2.4 

  8.9 

21.3 

23.3 

12.5 

18.8 

35 44 

18.3 

25.0 

45.7 

42.5 

33.0 

36.9 

45 44 

36.6 

35.7 

24.5 

22.5 

30.1 

26.7 

55+ 

28.0 

19.6 

  4.3 

  5.0 

15.3 

  9.7 

Caste/Ethnicity 

Brahmin/Chetri/Thakuri 

31.7 

30.4 

30.9 

37.5 

31.3 

35.2 

Magar 

40.2 

26.8 

46.8 

15.0 

43.8 

18.8 

Rai/Tamang/Gurung 

  2.1 

  1.1 

Kami/Damai/Sarki 

28.0 

42.9 

20.2 

47.5 

23.9 

46.0 

Family members 

Less than 5 

  6.1 

  5.4 

12.8 

16.7 

9.7 

13.1 

5 9 

73.2 

80.4 

79.8 

75.8 

76.7 

77.3 

10 14 

18.3 

14.3 

  7.4 

  6.7 

12.5 

  9.1 

15 and above 

  2.4 

  0.8 

  1.1 

  0.6 

No. of daughters 

1 

28.6 

45.8 

40.3 

2 

50.0 

33.3 

38.6 

3 

19.6 

19.2 

19.3 

4 

  0.8 

  0.6 

5 

  1.8 

  0.8 

  1.1 

Total 

 100.0 

 100.0 

100.0 

 100.0  

100.0 

 100.0 

N 

82 

56 

94 

120 

176 

176 

B. Source of Income, Occupational Status and Economic Activities 

Adolescent Group 

Three fourths (75%) of the adolescent girls cited agriculture (farming) as the main source 

of income for their families. The percentage  of respondents citing this in the endline 

survey as the major source of income was less than those in the baseline survey (75% vs. 

87%). Daily wages (getting paid for work on a day to day basis) (14%), overseas 

employment (6%), and service industry (3%) were also mentioned as sources of income 

in the family. Compared with the baseline survey, daily wages increased from 4% to 14% 

as a source of income in the endline survey (Table 2.1.4).  

Similar to the baseline survey, the endline survey also showed agricultural labor as the 

main activity to support their family (24% vs. 25%). But the other activities such as daily 

wages, construction labor, tailoring etc. increased in the endline survey compared with 

the baseline (10% to 4%) (Table 2.1.5). The proportion of respondents supporting their 

family income increased in the endline survey compared with the baseline survey from 

29% to 36%. 

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