Table 4.
Association of anxiety with demographic variables in 1st and 2nd year engineering students
| Variables | HAS score engineering 1st year |
HAS score engineering 2nd year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <17, n (%) | 18-24, n (%) | 25-30, n (%) | >30, n (%) | Total, n (%) | χ2, P | <17, n (%) | 18-24, n (%) | 25-30, n (%) | >30, n (%) | Total, n (%) | χ2, P | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||
| 16-18 | 18 (72) | 5 (20) | 0 | 2 (80) | 25 (100) | 2.473, 0.290 | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 2 (66.7) | 0 | 3 (100) | 9.400, 0.024 |
| 19-21 | 13 (52) | 10 (40) | 0 | 2 (8) | 25 (100) | 22 (46.8) | 20 (42.6) | 4 (8.5) | 1 (2.1) | 47 (100) | ||
| 22-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 3 (21.4) | 7 (50) | 0 | 4 (28.6) | 14 (100) | 18.041, 0.000 | 12 (66.7) | 4 (22.2) | 2 (11.1) | 0 | 18 (100) | 5.415, 0.144 |
| Female | 28 (77.8) | 8 (22.2) | 0 | 2 (2) | 36 (100) | 11 (34.4) | 16 (50) | 4 (12.5) | 1 (3.1) | 32 (100) | ||
| Category of seat | ||||||||||||
| Free | 30 (78.9) | 6 (15.8) | 0 | 2 (5.3) | 38 (100) | 19.475, 0.000 | 10 (33.3) | 15 (50) | 4 (13.3) | 1 (3.3) | 30 (100) | 6.297, 0.391 |
| Payment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 0 | 0 | 7 (100) | ||
| Management | 1 (8.3) | 9 (75) | 0 | 2 (16.7) | 12 (100) | 8 (61.5) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (15.4) | 0 | 13 (100) | ||
| SES | ||||||||||||
| Class I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.62, 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.152, 0.656 |
| Class II | 2 (50) | 0 | 0 | 2 (50) | 4 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Class III | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | 0 | 0 | 11 (100) | 5 (62.5) | 2 (25) | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 8 (100) | ||
| Class IV | 18 (58.1) | 11 (35.5) | 0 | 2 (6.5) | 31 (100) | 18 (45) | 16 (40) | 5 (12.5) | 1 (2.5) | 40 (100) | ||
| Class V | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0 | 0 | 4 (100) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | ||
| Accommodation | ||||||||||||
| Dayscholar | 29 (65.9) | 13 (29.5) | 0 | 2 (4.5) | 44 (100) | 6.399, 0.04 | 23 (51.1) | 16 (35.6) | 6 (13.3) | 0 | 45 (100) | 14.44, 0.00 |
| Hosteller | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 0 | 2 (33.3) | 6 (100) | 0 | 4 (80) | 0 | 1 (20) | 5 (100) | ||
| Type of accommodation | ||||||||||||
| Single | 25 (67.6) | 12 (32.4) | 0 | 0 | 37 (100) | 12.377, 0.00 | 5 (55.6) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 0 | 9 (100) | 2.260, 0.520 |
| Sharing | 6 (46.2) | 3 (23.1) | 0 | 4 (30.8) | 13 (100) | 18 (43.9) | 18 (43.9) | 4 (9.8) | 1 (2.4) | 41 (100) | ||
| Type of family | ||||||||||||
| Joint | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 6 (100) | 0.595, 0.743 | 5 (71.4) | 0 | 2 (28.6) | 0 | 7 (100) | 6.425, 0.09 |
| Nuclear | 27 (61.4) | 13 (29.5) | 0 | 4 (9.1) | 44 (100) | 18 (41.9) | 20 (46.5) | 4 (9.3) | 1 (2.3) | 43 (100) | ||
SES – Socioeconomic status; HAS – Hamilton Anxiety Scale