Socio-demographic and general profile | Male n = 174 (73.11%) | Female n = 64 (26.89%) | Total n = 238 (100.0%) | P value |
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Age in years | χ2 = 96.76 | |||
≤ 29 | 77 (44.3%) | 5 (7.8%) | 82 (34.5%) | P = 0.0001 |
30–39 | 36 (20.7%) | 10 (15.6%) | 46 (19.3%) | |
40–49 | 22 (12.6%) | 17 (26.6%) | 39 (16.4%) | |
50–59 | 23 (13.2%) | 20 (31.3%) | 43 (18.1%) | |
60 | 16 (9.2%) | 12 (18.8%) | 28 (11.8%) | |
Mean age ± SD | 36.12 ± 15.40 | 48.89 ± 11.84 | 39.55 ± 15.57 | |
Marital Status | Fisher exact value = 27.45 | |||
Unmarried | 57 (32.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 57 (24.0%) | P = 0.000 |
Married | 117 (67.2%) | 64 (100.0%) | 181 (76.0%) | |
Levels of Education | Fisher exact value = 87.92 | |||
Illiterate | 12 (6.9%) | 30 (46.9%) | 42 (17.6%) | P = 0.000 |
Primary Level (≤class 5) | 19 (10.9%) | 16 (25.0%) | 35 (14.7%) | |
Middle (6–8) | 21 (12.1%) | 13 (20.3%) | 34 (14.3%) | |
Secondary Level (SLC) | 42 (24.1%) | 2 (3.1%) | 44 (18.5%) | |
Higher secondary Level (+ 2/IA) | 66 (37.9%) | 2 (3.1%) | 68 (28.6%) | |
Graduate/Postgraduate | 14 (8.0%) | 1 (1.6%) | 15 (6.3%) | |
Occupation | Fisher exact value = 21.61 | |||
Employed | 22 (12.6%) | 2 (3.1%) | 24 (10.1%) | P = 0.000 |
Agriculture/Shop | 63 (36.2%) | 36 (56.3%) | 99 (41.6%) | |
Skilled Worker | 21 (12.1%) | 0 | 21 (8.8%) | |
Unskilled Worker | 3 (1.7%) | 0 | 3 (1.3%) | |
Economically inactive | 55 (31.6%) | 25 (39.1%) | 80 (33.6%) | |
Unemployed | 10 (5.7%) | 1 (1.6%) | 11 (4.6%) | |
Socio-Economic class | χ2 = 41.61 | |||
Lower | 41 (23.6%) | 44 (68.8%) | 85 (35.7%) | P < 0.001 |
Middle | 133 (76.4%) | 20 (31.3%) | 153 (64.3%) |