Table 1.

Comparison of demographic characteristics between COAs and non-COAs

Demographic data	Items	Groups		χ2/t	P
		COAs (n=100)	Non-COAs (n=100)
Age in years (Mean SD)		14.81 (0.80)	14.93 (0.82)	1.05	0.29
Gender	Male	55	62	0.139	0.709
	Female	45	38
Class	8th	42	37	5.99	0.20
	9th	41	41
	10th	17	22
Educational qualification of father	No formal education	11	17	18.82	0.27
	Primary education	25	31
	Secondary education	29	24
	PUC	35	28
Educational qualification of mother	No formal education	45	50	6.90	0.65
	Primary education	34	33
	Secondary education	18	10
	PUC	3	7
Occupation of father	Government job	7	3	6.18	0.72
	Private job	45	52
	Business	29	31
	Others	19	14
Occupation of mother	Private job	30	20	3.17	0.78
	Business	24	20
	House maker	46	60
Monthly family income (Mean SD)		9590 (3455.6)	10250 (3226.7)	1.39	0.16
Type of family	Nuclear	60	70	1.78	0.18
	Joint	40	30
Number of siblings	1	10	13	3.26	0.95
	2 and More than 2	90	87