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. 2020 May 4;20:613. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08622-8

Table 1.

Demographic and socio-economic factors of the study population

Parameter Total respondents
n %
Gender Male 386 55.1
Female 314 44.9

Age

(Years)

20–23 280 40.0
24–26 384 54.9
> 26 36 5.1
Locality Rural 185 26.4
Semi-Urban 290 41.5
Urban 225 32.1
Field of study Agriculture & Food Sciences 212 30.3
Technology 106 15.1
Biological Sciences 114 16.3
Commerce and Management 76 10.9
Physical and Applied Sciences 92 13.1
Arts 100 14.3
Year of study First year 144 20.6
Second year 170 24.3
Third year 182 26.0
Fourth year 204 29.1