Table 1

Respondent profiles

Respondent characteristicN=29%
Kilkari listening
 Very high listeners (picked up and played 75% or more of the calls for which the subscribed mobile number was eligible)931
 High listeners (picked up and played 50%–74% of the calls for which the subscribed mobile number was eligible)1345
 Medium listeners (picked up and played 25%–49% of the calls for which the subscribed mobile number was eligible)724
 Low listeners (picked up and played 0%–24% of the calls for which the subscribed mobile number was eligible)00
 Call cutters414
Kilkari woman’s phone ownership
 Owns her own phone1552
 Does not own her own phone (shares a phone)1448
Family structure
 Lives in a nuclear family621
 Lives in an extended family2379
Caste
 General621
 Other backwards caste1034
 Scheduled tribe414
 Scheduled caste931
Kilkari woman’s literacy
 Cannot read a full sentence1345
 Can read a full sentence1655
Household wealth
 Poor (Q1 and Q2)1552
 Middle (Q3)621
 Wealthier (Q4 and Q5)828