Socioeconomic characteristic | State (n = 41) | Private (100) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Number | %a | Number | %a |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 14 | 16.6 % | 50 | 83.4 % |
 Female | 27 | 29.2 % | 50 | 70.8 % |
Age (years) | ||||
 35 to 39 | 1 | 47.9 % | 5 | 52.1 % |
 40 to 44 | 2 | 21.5 % | 16 | 78.5 % |
 45 to 49 | 6 | 20.1 % | 19 | 79.9 % |
 50 to 54 | 15 | 20.9 % | 21 | 79.1 % |
 55 to 59 | 10 | 28.1 % | 19 | 71.9 % |
 60 to 64 | 7 | 19.2 % | 20 | 80.8 % |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Sinhalese | 28 | 21.8 % | 84 | 78.2 % |
 Tamil | 8 | 97.6 % | 3 | 2.4 % |
 Muslim | 5 | 34.7 % | 13 | 65.3 % |
Education | ||||
 No schooling | 1 | 59.0 % | 1 | 41.0 % |
 Grade 5 or below | 11 | 19.4 % | 10 | 80.6 % |
 Grade 6 to Grade 10 | 21 | 42.4 % | 33 | 57.6 % |
 Ordinary Level to Grade 12 | 4 | 0.6 % | 26 | 99.4 % |
 Advanced Level and above | 2 | 11.1 % | 25 | 88.9 % |
 Missing | 2 |  | 5 |  |
Occupation | ||||
 Professional | - | - | 2 | 100 % |
 Technical & clerical | - | - | 9 | 100 % |
 Vendors and sellers | 2 | 5.6 % | 21 | 94.4 % |
 Skilled manual workers | 4 | 35.0 % | 11 | 65.0 % |
 Unskilled manual workers | 3 | 0.8 % | 5 | 99.2 % |
 Retired | 5 | 37.4 % | 6 | 62.6 % |
 Unemployed | 4 | 37.5 % | 5 | 62.5 % |
 Housewife | 23 | 31.9 % | 40 | 68.1 % |
 Missing | 0 |  | 1 |  |
Sector | ||||
 Urban | 19 | 28.8 % | 44 | 71.2 % |
 Rural | 15 | 23.2 % | 51 | 76.8 % |
 Estate | 7 | 58.1 % | 5 | 41.9 % |
Income Category (Monthly Income) | ||||
 < Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 | 16 | 31.6 % | 17 | 68.4 % |
 Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 to 30,000 | 20 | 20.3 % | 57 | 79.7 % |
 > Sri Lankan Rupees 30,000 | 4 | 16.6 % | 15 | 83.4 % |
 Missing | 1 |  | 11 |  |
Social status index | ||||
 1st quintile (richest) | 9 | 21.1 % | 30 | 78.9 % |
 2nd quintile | 14 | 44.3 % | 23 | 55.7 % |
 3rd quintile | 5 | 13.7 % | 26 | 86.3 % |
 4th quintile | 8 | 15.6 % | 18 | 84.4 % |
 5th quintile (poorest) | 5 | 61.2 % | 3 | 38.8 % |
Unsatisfactory Basic Needs Index | ||||
 1 (poorest) | 1 | 49.2 % | 1 | 50.8 % |
 2 | 4 | 40.3 % | 3 | 59.7 % |
 3 | 5 | 30.2 % | 13 | 69.8 % |
 4 | 14 | 16.8 % | 32 | 83.2 % |
 5 (richest) | 17 | 23.1 % | 51 | 76.9 % |