Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the study population (n = 488).
| Total (%) (n = 488) | Female (%) (n = 360) | Male (%) (n = 128) | |
| Age | |||
| Median (Inter Quartile Range) | 30 (25–40) | 30 (25–37) | 33 (25–45) |
| <20 yrs | 30 (61) | 28 (7) | 2 (2) |
| 20–40 yrs | 328 (67) | 254 (70) | 74 (57) |
| >40 yrs | 130 (27) | 78 (22) | 52 (4) |
| Formally education # | |||
| No | 29 (6) | 21 (6) | 8 (6) |
| Yes | 360 (74) | 339 (94) | 120 (9) |
| Literate in English | 46 (9) | 26 (7) | 20 (16) |
| Currently employed | |||
| No | 299 (61) | 297 (83) | 2 (2) |
| Yes | 189 (39) | 63 (17) | 126 (98) |
| Landline | 40 (8) | 27 (7) | 13 (10) |
| Expenditure on mobiles Median (IQR) | 100 (IQR: 50–200) | 100 (50–200) | 100 (52–200) |
| Socio economic status (n = 192) $ | |||
| High | 12 (6) | 9 (7) | 3 (4) |
| Middle | 93 (48) | 62 (50) | 31 (46) |
| Low | 87 (45) | 53 (43) | 34 (50) |
| Family's with children | 84 (44) | 50 (59) | 34 (40) |
| Chronic illness reported | |||
| No | 448 (92) | 336 (93) | 112 (88) |
| Yes | 40 (8) | 24 (7) | 16 (13) |
#
Formal education i.e. school and college education.
$
Socio economic status as defined by Parasuraman et al (1999).