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 (𝑛=446)	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