Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants (n=450)
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Age (in years) | (17.5±0.9) | |
| 16 | 59 | 13.1 |
| 17 | 178 | 39.5 |
| 18 | 156 | 34.7 |
| 19 | 57 | 12.7 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 245 | 54.4 |
| Male | 205 | 45.6 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Brahmin/Chhetri | 201 | 44.7 |
| Gurung/Magar | 164 | 36.4 |
| Others | 85 | 18.9 |
| Residence | ||
| Rural | 186 | 41.3 |
| Urban | 264 | 58.7 |
| Class | ||
| Class 11 | 193 | 42.9 |
| Class 12 | 257 | 57.1 |
| Religion | ||
| Hindu | 360 | 80.0 |
| Others* | 90 | 20.0 |
| School type | ||
| Private | 231 | 51.3 |
| Public | 219 | 48.7 |
| Type of family | ||
| Joint | 135 | 30.0 |
| Nuclear | 315 | 70.0 |
*Buddhist, Christian, Kirat and Muslims.