Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of respondents in case and control groups.
| Variables | Subcategory | Control | Case | Total | χ2 | df | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||||||
| Age group | Early adolescents | 124 | 48.1 | 134 | 51.9 | 258 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.56 |
| Adolescents | 62 | 51.2 | 59 | 48.8 | 121 | ||||
| Gender | Male | 7 | 53.8 | 6 | 46.2 | 13 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.47 |
| Female | 179 | 48.9 | 187 | 51.1 | 366 | ||||
| District | Sindhuli | 64 | 50 | 64 | 50 | 128 | 0.59 | 4 | 0.96 |
| Sindhupalchowk | 24 | 51.1 | 23 | 48.9 | 47 | ||||
| Dang | 31 | 50 | 31 | 50 | 62 | ||||
| Ramechhap | 49 | 48.5 | 52 | 51.5 | 101 | ||||
| Dolkha | 18 | 43.9 | 23 | 56.1 | 41 | ||||
| Education | Lower secondary | 111 | 51.6 | 104 | 48.4 | 215 | 1.29 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Secondary | 75 | 45.7 | 89 | 54.3 | 164 | ||||
| Ethnicity | Brahman/Chhetri | 74 | 48.7 | 78 | 51.3 | 152 | 2.09 | 2 | 0.35 |
| Janjati | 82 | 52.6 | 74 | 47.4 | 156 | ||||
| Dalit | 30 | 42.3 | 41 | 57.7 | 71 | ||||
| Religion | Hindu | 161 | 49.4 | 165 | 50.6 | 326 | 0.84 | 2 | 0.66 |
| Buddhist | 18 | 51.4 | 17 | 48.6 | 35 | ||||
| Others | 7 | 38.9 | 11 | 61.1 | 18 | ||||
| Family occupation | Agriculture | 139 | 46.8 | 158 | 53.2 | 297 | 3.33 | 4 | 0.51* |
| Service (Job) | 7 | 53.8 | 6 | 46.2 | 13 | ||||
| Business | 18 | 54.5 | 15 | 45.5 | 33 | ||||
| Working abroad | 18 | 62.1 | 11 | 37.9 | 29 | ||||
| Others | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 42.9 | 7 | ||||
| Family type | Nuclear | 94 | 44.5 | 117 | 55.5 | 211 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.04 |
| Joint/Extended | 92 | 54.8 | 76 | 45.2 | 168 | ||||
| Residence | Rented house | 2 | 20 | 8 | 80 | 10 | 3.47 | 1 | 0.11* |
| Family owned | 184 | 49.9 | 185 | 50.1 | 369 | ||||
| Perceived SES | Low | 61 | 49.6 | 62 | 50.4 | 123 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.89 |
| Medium | 125 | 48.8 | 131 | 51.2 | 256 | ||||
*
Fisher's exact test or fisher-freeman-halton exact test.