Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample
Background variable | Adolescents | Young adults | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Time spent on mobile phone | ||||
None | 28.44 | 39.94 | 9.00 | 28.41 |
= < 2 hour | 57.66 | 56.30 | 65.41 | 65.80 |
> 2 hour | 13.90 | 3.76 | 25.59 | 5.79 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 1.32 | 17.98 | 11.38 | 62.73 |
Single | 98.68 | 82.02 | 88.62 | 37.27 |
Education | ||||
Illiterate | 1.73 | 6.31 | 3.06 | 14.44 |
Primary & middle | 50.06 | 41.57 | 18.25 | 29.39 |
High school & inter & above | 48.21 | 52.11 | 78.69 | 56.17 |
Social media exposure | ||||
No | 79.67 | 96.41 | 56.08 | 95.23 |
Yes | 20.33 | 3.59 | 43.92 | 4.77 |
Physical activity | ||||
No | 60.84 | 82.83 | 49.79 | 85.89 |
Low activity | 21.26 | 10.59 | 21.88 | 8.26 |
High activity | 17.9 | 6.58 | 28.33 | 5.85 |
Sedentary behaviour | ||||
No | 25.72 | 31.14 | 24.82 | 34.18 |
< =14 hours | 63.32 | 57.53 | 61.66 | 54.65 |
> 14 hours | 10.96 | 11.33 | 13.52 | 11.18 |
Sleep problem | ||||
No | 84.36 | 76.48 | 81.6 | 66.76 |
Yes | 15.64 | 23.52 | 18.4 | 33.24 |
Substance use | ||||
No | 79.67 | 96.41 | 56.08 | 95.23 |
Yes | 20.33 | 3.59 | 43.92 | 4.77 |
Number of friends | ||||
No | 1.43 | 4.7 | 1.71 | 10.83 |
1-4 | 49.33 | 58.57 | 43.84 | 61.37 |
More than 4 | 49.24 | 36.73 | 54.45 | 27.8 |
Parental coresidence | ||||
No | 1.91 | 2.02 | 3.05 | 1.48 |
Only one parent | 14.23 | 14.15 | 14.66 | 7.91 |
Both | 83.85 | 83.84 | 82.29 | 90.62 |
Paid work in last 12 months | ||||
Yes | 29.3 | 22.17 | 62.84 | 21.87 |
No | 70.7 | 77.83 | 37.16 | 78.13 |
Religion | ||||
Hindu | 84.93 | 80.34 | 84.94 | 78.56 |
Non-Hindu | 15.07 | 19.66 | 15.06 | 21.44 |
Caste | ||||
SC/ST | 25.77 | 26.29 | 29.19 | 26.09 |
OBC | 57.56 | 56.26 | 51.4 | 54.77 |
Others | 16.67 | 17.45 | 19.41 | 19.13 |
Mother’s education | ||||
Illiterate | 70.53 | 72.31 | 69.05 | 75.61 |
Literate | 29.47 | 27.69 | 30.95 | 24.39 |
Wealth Index | ||||
Poor | 35.39 | 35.81 | 26.46 | 29.63 |
Middle | 21.75 | 22.27 | 22.86 | 21.58 |
Rich | 42.86 | 41.92 | 50.68 | 48.79 |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 15.67 | 15.1 | 18.1 | 15.71 |
Rural | 84.33 | 84.9 | 81.9 | 84.29 |
State | ||||
Uttar Pradesh | 63.53 | 61.03 | 73.15 | 72.71 |
Bihar | 36.47 | 38.97 | 26.85 | 27.29 |
Total(N) | 2399 | 3432 | 2029 | 8432 |