Table 1. General characteristics of the study population (n = 403).
#Mean ± standard deviation
Variable | Frequency | Percentage | |
Age in years | 24.86 ± 10.63# | ||
Gender | Male | 192 | 47.6 |
Female | 211 | 52.4 | |
Religion | Hindu | 352 | 87.3 |
Christian | 35 | 8.7 | |
Muslim | 16 | 4.0 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 323 | 80.1 |
Rural | 80 | 19.9 | |
Socio-economic status | Class 1 | 38 | 9.4 |
Class 2 | 48 | 11.9 | |
Class 3 | 92 | 22.8 | |
Class 4 | 128 | 31.8 | |
Class 5 | 97 | 24.1 | |
Frequency of driving | Almost every day | 137 | 34.0 |
Few days a month | 134 | 33.3 | |
Few days a week | 81 | 20.1 | |
Few days a year | 51 | 12.7 | |
Type of vehicle | Two-wheelers | 308 | 76.4 |
Three-wheelers | 3 | 0.7 | |
Four-wheelers | 92 | 22.8 |