Table 2.1.2  

Percentage Distribution of Peer Group Respondents by Background Characteristics 

Background Characteristics 

Baseline 

Endline 

Age group  

>15 

71.0 

78.4 

15 and above 

29.0 

21.6 

Caste/Ethnicity 

Brahmin/Chetri/Thakuri 

30.7 

47.7 

Magar 

49.4 

26.1 

Rai/Tamang/Gurung 

  0.6 

Kami/Damai/Sarki 

19.3 

25.6 

Newar 

  0.6 

Marital Status 

Married 

  9.1 

  0.6 

Unmarried 

90.9 

99.4 

Total 

              100.0 

              100.0 

N 

176 

176 

Parent Group 

Similar to the baseline survey, the majority of respondents were between the ages of 35 to 

54. Among these, more than one third (37%) of them fell within the age group 35 to 44. 

More than one fourth (26%) of the respondents fell within the age group 45 to 54 and 

nearly one fifth (19%) were from the age group 25 to 34. Very few (8%) of them fell 

under the early age group 15 to 24. Compared with the baseline survey, the proportion of 

mothers exceeds the proportion of fathers. One hundred and twenty females to fifty six 

males were covered in the endline survey (Table 2.1.3). 

In terms of ethnicity, unlike the baseline survey, where Magar formed the dominant 

ethnic group, in the endline survey, KDS (46%) formed the dominant group followed by 

BCT (35%) and Magar (19%) (Table 2.1.3). 

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