Table 4. Predictors of distracted driving behavior among adults.
*Independent t-test was used. #Fisher's exact test was used.
Variables | History of distracted driving | P-value | ||||
Yes | No | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Age* | 25.70±11.617 | 24.45±10.118 | 0.270 | |||
Gender | Male | 65 | 33.9 | 127 | 66.1 | 0.672 |
Female | 67 | 31.8 | 144 | 68.2 | ||
Religion | Hindu | 109 | 31.0 | 243 | 69 | 0.019# |
Christian | 19 | 54.3 | 16 | 45.47 | ||
Muslim | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 75 | ||
Place of residence | Urban | 110 | 34.1 | 213 | 65.9 | 0.289 |
Rural | 22 | 27.5 | 58 | 72.5 | ||
Socio-economic status | Class 1 | 9 | 23.7 | 29 | 76.3 | 0.122 |
Class 2 | 11 | 22.9 | 37 | 77.1 | ||
Class 3 | 38 | 41.3 | 54 | 58.7 | ||
Class 4 | 45 | 35.2 | 83 | 64.8 | ||
Class 5 | 29 | 29.9 | 68 | 70.1 | ||
Frequency of driving | Almost every day | 50 | 36.5 | 87 | 63.5 | 0.077 |
Few days a month | 43 | 32.1 | 91 | 67.9 | ||
Few days a week | 30 | 37.0 | 51 | 63 | ||
Few days a year | 9 | 17.6 | 42 | 82.4 | ||
Type of vehicle | Two-wheelers | 89 | 28.9 | 219 | 71.1 | 0.001# |
Three-wheelers | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Four-wheelers | 40 | 43.5 | 52 | 56.5 | ||
Cell phone use | Yes | 113 | 42 | 156 | 58 | 0.0001 |
No | 19 | 14.2 | 115 | 85.8 |