Research Article
Health: Cognition and Threshold among the Oraon Tea Garden Labourers of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal
Table 1
Selected health practices and perceived health status.
| Health practices () | Response | Frequency | Percentage |
| Keep regular meal time | Yes | 341 | 76.46 | No | 105 | 23.54 |
| Get enough food to eat | Yes | 418 | 93.72 | No | 28 | 6.28 |
| Consumption of fish/meat/egg in the last week (preceding the survey) | Yes | 329 | 73.77 | No | 117 | 26.23 |
| Habit of keeping cattle, pig, and other animals inside the house | Yes | 46 | 10.31 | No | 400 | 89.69 |
| Source of drinking water of the household | Tube well | 373 | 83.63 | Well/river | 5 | 1.12 | Piped water | 68 | 15.25 |
| Easing habit and place | River side | 274 | 61.43 | Inside the TG | 164 | 36.77 | Railway line | 6 | 1.35 | Toilet | 2 | 0.45 |
| Self-assessment of present health status (at the time of survey) | Very good | 2 | 0.45 | Good | 368 | 82.51 | Fair | 29 | 6.50 | Bad | 43 | 9.64 | Very bad | 4 | 0.90 |
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