Table 1. Socio-demographic profile of adolescents boys and girls aged 10–19 years.
| Background characteristics | Adolescent boys | Adolescent girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Percentage | Sample | Percentage | |
| Individual factors | ||||
| Media exposure | ||||
| No exposure | 335 | 5.6 | 1,345 | 14.3 |
| Rare | 1,078 | 18.1 | 2,539 | 27.0 |
| Frequent | 4,555 | 76.3 | 5,535 | 58.8 |
| Exposure to pornography | ||||
| No | 5,273 | 88.4 | 9,253 | 98.2 |
| Yes | 696 | 11.7 | 166 | 1.8 |
| Depressive symptoms | ||||
| Mild/minimal | 5,541 | 92.8 | 8,105 | 86.1 |
| Moderate | 255 | 4.3 | 621 | 6.6 |
| Moderately severe/severe | 173 | 2.9 | 692 | 7.4 |
| Substance use | ||||
| No | 4,990 | 83.6 | 9,271 | 98.4 |
| Yes | 979 | 16.4 | 148 | 1.6 |
| Sexual violence | ||||
| No | 5,862 | 98.2 | 8,753 | 92.9 |
| Yes | 107 | 1.8 | 666 | 7.1 |
| Parental violence | ||||
| No | 2,489 | 41.7 | 6,143 | 65.2 |
| Yes | 3,480 | 58.3 | 3,276 | 34.8 |
| Parents co-residence | ||||
| Both co-reside | 4,940 | 82.8 | 7,672 | 81.5 |
| Any one co-reside | 870 | 14.6 | 1,489 | 15.8 |
| No one co-reside | 160 | 2.7 | 258 | 2.7 |
| Current schooling status | ||||
| Never attended | 190 | 3.2 | 639 | 6.8 |
| Dropout | 1,092 | 18.3 | 2,559 | 27.2 |
| Currently attending | 4,687 | 78.5 | 6,221 | 66.1 |
| Working status | ||||
| No | 4,377 | 73.3 | 7,582 | 80.5 |
| Yes | 1,592 | 26.7 | 1,837 | 19.5 |
| Household factors | ||||
| Caste | ||||
| SC/ST | 1,605 | 26.9 | 2,241 | 23.8 |
| Non-SC/ST | 4,364 | 73.1 | 7,178 | 76.2 |
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu | 5,024 | 84.2 | 7,234 | 76.8 |
| Non-Hindu | 945 | 15.8 | 2,185 | 23.2 |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 704 | 11.8 | 1,213 | 12.9 |
| Poorer | 1,193 | 20.0 | 1,666 | 17.7 |
| Middle | 1,374 | 23.0 | 1,966 | 20.9 |
| Richer | 1,391 | 23.3 | 2,315 | 24.6 |
| Richest | 1,308 | 21.9 | 2,259 | 24.0 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 1,030 | 17.3 | 1,625 | 17.3 |
| Rural | 4,939 | 82.7 | 7,794 | 82.7 |
| State | ||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,069 | 68.2 | 6,637 | 70.5 |
| Bihar | 1,900 | 31.8 | 2,782 | 29.5 |
| Total | 5,969 | 100.0 | 9,419 | 100.0 |
SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe.