Sociodemographic characteristics of home and work-related injuries by gender
| Home injuries | Work-related injuries | |||||
| Female row (%) | Male row (%) | Total col (%) | Female row (%) | Male row (%) | Total col (%) | |
| Palikas | ||||||
| Bakaiya | 70.0 | 30.0 | 21.3 | 39.6 | 60.4 | 42.5 |
| Hetauda | 60.0 | 40.0 | 63.8 | 21.6 | 78.4 | 32.7 |
| Thaha | 52.4 | 47.6 | 14.9 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 24.8 |
| Total | 61.0 | 39.0 | 100 | 30.1 | 69.9 | 100 |
| Age groups | ||||||
| Infants | * | * | 1.4 | * | * | 0.0 |
| 1–14 years | 40.4 | 59.6 | 33.3 | * | 71.4 | 6.2 |
| 15–24 years | 80.0 | * | 7.1 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 18.6 |
| 25–44 years | 80.6 | 19.4 | 25.5 | 17.1 | 82.9 | 36.3 |
| 45–64 years | 67.7 | 32.3 | 22.0 | 36.1 | 63.9 | 31.9 |
| 65 years or over | 53.3 | 46.7 | 10.6 | * | 62.5 | 7.1 |
| Total | 61.0 | 39.0 | 100 | 30.1 | 69.9 | 100 |
| Economic activity* | ||||||
| Mainly unemployed | 54.5 | 45.5 | 8.7 | * | 66.7 | 8.0 |
| Employed salaried | * | * | 4.7 | * | 87.5 | 14.3 |
| Home-maker | 92.1 | * | 29.9 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 22.3 |
| Agriculture | 42.9 | 57.1 | 11.0 | 35.0 | 65.0 | 17.9 |
| Student | 55.0 | 45.0 | 31.5 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 13.4 |
| Wage earners | * | * | 0.0 | * | 100.0 | 14.3 |
| All other occupation | 66.7 | 33.3 | 14.2 | * | 81.8 | 9.8 |
| Total | 66.1 | 33.9 | 100 | 30.4 | 69.6 | 100 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Tamang | 60.0 | 40.0 | 24.8 | 27.3 | 72.7 | 19.5 |
| Brahmin (Hill) | 66.7 | * | 8.5 | 31.3 | 68.8 | 14.2 |
| Newar | * | * | 4.3 | * | * | 0.0 |
| Chhetri | 72.7 | * | 7.8 | * | * | 2.7 |
| Kami | * | * | 2.8 | * | * | 6.2 |
| Rai | 60.0 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 32.7 | 67.3 | 43.4 |
| All other ethnicities | 55.6 | 44.4 | 12.8 | * | 87.5 | 14.2 |
| Total | 61.0 | 39.0 | 100 | 30.1 | 69.9 | 100 |
| Mechanism of injury | ||||||
| Road traffic injury | * | * | 0.0 | * | 100.0 | 7.1 |
| Fall (including push or jump) | 58.8 | 41.2 | 48.2 | 31.7 | 68.3 | 36.3 |
| Poisoning | * | * | 2.1 | * | * | 0.0 |
| Animal/insect or reptiles’ bite/sting | 75.0 | * | 8.5 | * | * | 2.7 |
| Fire, burn or scald | 75.0 | 25.0 | 14.2 | * | * | 1.8 |
| Electrocution | * | * | 0.7 | * | * | 1.8 |
| Cut, pierce or impale | 47.8 | 52.2 | 16.3 | 42.2 | 57.8 | 39.8 |
| Injured by a blunt object | 72.7 | * | 7.8 | * | 91.7 | 10.6 |
| Other | * | * | 0.0 | * | 100.0 | 7.1 |
| Total | 58.8 | 41.2 | 48.2 | 31.7 | 68.3 | 36.3 |
| Activity during injury† | ||||||
| Leisure or playing | 53.2 | 46.8 | 55.0 | * | * | 0.0 |
| Work | * | * | 0.0 | 31.3 | 68.8 | 85.0 |
| Other activities | 72.1 | 27.9 | 43.6 | * | * | 0.9 |
| Education | * | * | 0.7 | * | * | 0.0 |
| Travelling to and from work or school | * | * | 0.0 | * | 80.0 | 8.8 |
| Travelling for other purpose | * | * | 0.7 | * | * | 5.3 |
| Total | 61.4 | 38.6 | 100 | 30.1 | 69.9 | 100 |
Total usable sample size=254 individuals. Cells with less than five observations removed.
*Information for 15 people is not available.
†One person declined to answer.