Background characteristics | Sample | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Age (in years) | ||
 Early adolescents (10–14) | 2084 | 34.9 |
 Late adolescents (15–19) | 3885 | 65.1 |
Current Schooling | ||
 Never attended | 190 | 3.2 |
 Dropout | 1092 | 18.3 |
 Currently attending | 4687 | 78.5 |
Working status | ||
 No | 4377 | 73.3 |
 Yes | 1592 | 26.7 |
Substance use among family members | ||
 No-one | 1594 | 26.7 |
 Someone in the family | 4375 | 73.3 |
Media exposure | ||
 No exposure | 335 | 5.6 |
 Rarely | 1078 | 18.1 |
 Frequently | 4555 | 76.3 |
Caste | ||
 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 1605 | 26.9 |
 Non- Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 4364 | 73.1 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu | 5001 | 83.8 |
 Non-Hindu | 968 | 16.2 |
Wealth index | ||
 Poorest | 704 | 11.8 |
 Poorer | 1193 | 20.0 |
 Middle | 1374 | 23.0 |
 Richer | 1391 | 23.3 |
 Richest | 1308 | 21.9 |
Community education | ||
 High | 4125 | 69.1 |
 Low | 1844 | 30.9 |
Community wealth | ||
 High | 3118 | 52.2 |
 Low | 2851 | 47.8 |
Community substance use | ||
 Low | 2773 | 46.5 |
 High | 3196 | 53.5 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 1030 | 17.3 |
 Rural | 4939 | 82.7 |
State | ||
 Uttar Pradesh | 4069 | 68.2 |
 Bihar | 1900 | 31.8 |
Total | 5969 | 100.0 |