Characteristics of households (N = 800).

<p>*<i>Scheduled tribe and scheduled caste are considered as socioeconomically marginalized populations and receive special focus and privileges from the Federal Government.</i></p>#<p> <i>Below poverty line households are those living on <$1 per capita/day as per current Indian estimation. In our survey a household was listed as ‘below poverty line’ if it possessed the social security identification card issued by the Federal Government indicating its poverty status, not based on income reported by respondents.</i>