Table 1.
Distribution of respondents by socio-demographic characteristics.
| Variable | Category | Gender |
Total (n = 787) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 389) | Female (n = 398) | |||
| Age Group | 11–13 years | 48 (39.34%) | 74 (60.66%) | 122 (15.51%) |
| 14–15 years | 178 (49.04%) | 185 (50.96%) | 363 (46.12%) | |
| 16–19 years | 163 (53.97%) | 139 (46.03%) | 302 (38.37%) | |
| Educational level | Lower secondary | 105 (42.86%) | 140 (57.14%) | 245 (31.13%) |
| Secondary | 182 (53.85%) | 156 (46.15%) | 338 (42.95%) | |
| Higher secondary | 102 (50.00%) | 102 (50.00%) | 204 (25.92%) | |
| Religion | Hindu | 352 (50.50%) | 345 (49.49%) | 697 (88.56%) |
| Non-Hindu | 37 (41.11%) | 53 (58.89%) | 90 (11.44%) | |
| Total | 389 (49.43%) | 398 (50.57%) | 787 (100%) | |