Table 4.
Demographic variables | Educational stress, frequency (%) | P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Normal - mild | Moderate | Extremely severe | ||
Area of residence | ||||
Rural | 47 (23.0) | 78 (38.2) | 79 (38.7) | 0.84 |
Urban | 26 (23.6) | 45 (40.9) | 39 (35.5) | |
Type of religion | ||||
Hindu | 51 (20.4) | 97 (38.8) | 102 (40.8) | 0.03* |
Muslim | 17 (38.6) | 15 (34.1) | 12 (27.3) | |
Christian | 5 (25.0) | 11 (55.0) | 4 (20.0) | |
Father education | ||||
Illiterate | 12 (14.1) | 31 (36.5) | 42 (49.4) | 0.02* |
Up to 10th and PUC | 45 (25.9) | 75 (43.1) | 54 (31.0) | |
Graduate and above | 16 (29.1) | 17 (30.9) | 22 (40.0) | |
Mother education | ||||
Illiterate | 21 (16.8) | 47 (37.6) | 57 (45.6) | 0.07 |
Up to 10th and PUC | 47 (28.1) | 65 (38.9) | 55 (32.9) | |
Graduate and above | 5 (22.7) | 11 (50.0) | 6 (27.3) | |
Father occupation | ||||
Unemployed | 5 (29.4) | 5 (29.4) | 7 (41.2) | 0.42 |
Manual worker | 14 (23.7) | 17 (28.8) | 28 (47.5) | |
Self-employed | 15 (27.3) | 21 (38.2) | 19 (34.5) | |
Farmer | 39 (21.3) | 80 (43.7) | 64 (35.0) | |
Mother occupation | ||||
Unemployed | 29 (22.8) | 49 (38.6) | 49 (38.6) | 0.68 |
Manual worker | 11 (18.3) | 27 (45.0) | 22 (36.7) | |
Self-employed | 10 (35.7) | 8 (28.6) | 10 (35.7) | |
Farmer | 23 (23.2) | 39 (39.4) | 37 (37.4) | |
Type of family | ||||
Joint | 23 (24.7) | 32 (34.4) | 38 (40.9) | 0.49 |
Nuclear | 50 (22.9) | 90 (41.3) | 78 (35.8) | |
Extended | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | |
Number of siblings | ||||
1 | 20 (17.7) | 43 (38.1) | 50 (44.2) | 0.03* |
2 | 21 (20.8) | 38 (37.6) | 42 (41.6) | |
>2 | 32 (32.0) | 42 (42.0) | 26 (26.0) | |
Birth order | ||||
First child | 25 (19.1) | 55 (42.0) | 51 (38.9) | 0.67 |
Middle child | 32 (26.7) | 45 (37.5) | 43 (35.8) | |
Last child | 16 (25.4) | 23 (36.5) | 24 (38.1) | |
Combination of subjects | ||||
Science combination | 53 (23.3) | 92 (40.5) | 82 (36.1) | 0.001*** |
Commerce combination | 3 (8.3) | 9 (25.0) | 24 (66.7) | |
Arts combination | 17 (33.3) | 22 (43.1) | 12 (23.5) | |
Type educational institution | ||||
Government | 13 (19.1) | 25 (36.8) | 30 (44.1) | 0.41 |
Private | 60 (24.4) | 98 (39.8) | 88 (35.8) |
P=*0.05, **0.01, ***0.001