Table 1.
Comparison of demographic characteristics of the surveyed respondents
| Characteristics | Urban population n = 1196 (%) | Rural population n = 1274 (%) | Total population n = 2470 (%) | *Chi-square (p) value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 632 (52.84) | 658 (51.65) | 1290 (52.23) | 0.353 (>0.05) |
| Male | 564 (47.14) | 616 (48.35) | 1180 (47.77) | ||
| Age in years | <1 | 3 (0.25) | 10 (0.78) | 13 (0.53) | 20.935 (<0.001) |
| 1 to 4 | 50 (4.18) | 61 (4.79) | 111 (4.49) | ||
| 5 to14 | 214 (17.89) | 222 (17.43) | 436 (17.65) | ||
| 15 to 60 | 849 (70.99) | 837 (65.70) | 1686 (68.26) | ||
| >60 | 80 (6.69) | 144 (11.30) | 224 (9.07) | ||
| Literacy | Illiterate | 86 (7.19) | 179 (14.05) | 265 (10.73) | 41.922 (<0.001) |
| Literate | 1090 (91.14) | 1048 (82.26) | 2138 (86.56) | ||
| Not applicable** | 20 (1.67) | 47 (3.69) | 67 (2.71) | ||
| Education | Primary | 186 (15.55) | 257 (20.17) | 443 (23.46) | 114.750 (<0.001) |
| Secondary | 353 (29.52) | 405 (31.79) | 758 (40.15) | ||
| Higher secondary | 170 (14.21) | 109 (8.56) | 279 (14.78) | ||
| Graduation | 218 (18.23) | 91 (7.14) | 309 (16.37) | ||
| Post-graduation | 82 (6.86) | 17 (1.33) | 99 (5.24) | ||
| Occupation | Farming | 68 (6.00) | 305 (25.50) | 373 (16.01) | 271.983 (<0.001) |
| Student | 470 (41.45) | 462 (38.63) | 932 (40.00) | ||
| Housewife/ unemployed | 190 (16.75) | 235 (19.65) | 425 (18.24) | ||
| Business | 166 (14.64) | 57 (4.77) | 223 (9.57) | ||
| Private employee | 124 (10.93) | 48 (4.01) | 172 (7.38) | ||
| Government employee | 81 (7.14) | 29 (2.42) | 110 (4.72) | ||
| Others | 35 (3.09) | 60 (5.02) | 95 (4.08) | ||
*Chi-square & p values (two-sided) were calculated by Pearson chi-square test, **Children of age less than or equal to three years are not sent to school so literacy was not applicable to them.