Table 2 Demographic characteristics of...

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of the respondents (n = 600)

Variables	Frequency	Per cent	Mean	SD	CI [95%]
Age group of the respondents
17–20	234	39	22.97	3.549	22.68–23.65
21–25	263	43.8
26–30	76	12.7
Above 30	27	4.5
Gender
Male	200	33.3	1.67	0.472	1.63–1.70
Female	400	66.7
Background
Rural	292	48.7	1.51	0.5	1.47–1.55
Urban	398	51.3
Family size
2–3 Members	13	2.2	2.4	0.533	2.36–2.44
4–5 Members	333	55.5
More than five members	254	42.3
Occupation of family
Govt. service	146	24.3	2.908	1.355	2.80–3.02
Private service	89	14.8
Business	92	15.3
Cultivation	220	36.7
Others	53	8.8
Monthly income of family
Up to 20,000	227	37.8	1.923	0.822	1.86–1.99
Rs 20,001–40,000	192	32
Above Rs 40,000	181	30.2
Stream of study
Undergraduate	414	69	1.4	0.656	1.34–1.45
Postgraduate	186	31
Type of college/university
Government	226	37.7	1.732	0.643	168–1.78
Private	309	51.5
Semi-government	65	10.8

Variables	Frequency	Per cent	Mean	SD	CI [95%]
Age group of the respondents
17–20	234	39	22.97	3.549	22.68–23.65
21–25	263	43.8
26–30	76	12.7
Above 30	27	4.5
Gender
Male	200	33.3	1.67	0.472	1.63–1.70
Female	400	66.7
Background
Rural	292	48.7	1.51	0.5	1.47–1.55
Urban	398	51.3
Family size
2–3 Members	13	2.2	2.4	0.533	2.36–2.44
4–5 Members	333	55.5
More than five members	254	42.3
Occupation of family
Govt. service	146	24.3	2.908	1.355	2.80–3.02
Private service	89	14.8
Business	92	15.3
Cultivation	220	36.7
Others	53	8.8
Monthly income of family
Up to 20,000	227	37.8	1.923	0.822	1.86–1.99
Rs 20,001–40,000	192	32
Above Rs 40,000	181	30.2
Stream of study
Undergraduate	414	69	1.4	0.656	1.34–1.45
Postgraduate	186	31
Type of college/university
Government	226	37.7	1.732	0.643	168–1.78
Private	309	51.5
Semi-government	65	10.8

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