3. Results
A total of 179 ‘general questionnaires’ were administered to
one individual from each household in the village and 84.8%
of the households were thus covered. The Harijan colony
had a larger population than the upper caste Main village,
with more households (119 vs. 60) and with a larger mean
family size (4.78±2.12 vs. 4.07±1.99,P=0.03).
Of a total of 110 individuals selected for the individ-ual questionnaire, 97 (88.2%) completed the questionnaire;
41 (42.3%) respondents were from the Main village and 56
(57.7%) from the Harijan colony. The difference in the dis-tribution of the respondent households between the Main
village and the Harijan colony was not statistically signifi-cant (P=0.15). Data from the individual questionnaire are
presented inTables 1—3. From the individual questionnaire,
SES was obtained for 95 (97.9%) individuals. Differences
between the SES in the sample and the entire village were
not significantly different (P=0.46). However, there were
significant differences in the SES of theMain village (P=0.02)
and the SES of the Harijan colony (P=0.003) when compared
separately with that of the entire village. Results from both
questionnaires and focus group discussions are presented
below.