Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants
|  | Total n  = 2270 | Karachi n  = 750 | Lahore n  = 650 | Islamabad n  = 385 | Peshawar n  = 385 | Gilgit n  = 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distribution of sample | Â | 33% | 29% | 17% | 17% | 4% |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
 Sex | ||||||
 Male | 1748 (77) | 567 (76) | 434 (67) | 303 (79) | 351 (91) | 93 (93) |
Age group | ||||||
 18—30 | 1334 (59) | 451 (60) | 399 (61) | 226 (59) | 209 (54) | 49 (49) |
 31—40 | 508 (22) | 154 (20) | 138 (21) | 86 (22) | 96 (25) | 34 (34) |
 41—50 | 231 (10) | 69 (9) | 65 (10) | 45 (12) | 42 (11) | 10 (10) |
 51—60 | 89 (4) | 31 (4) | 28 (4) | 11 (3) | 15 (4) | 4 (4) |
 Above 60 | 38 (2) | 11 (2) | 12 (2) | 8 (2) | 4 (1) | 3 (3) |
Educational level | ||||||
 None or less than primary | 366 (16) | 151 (20) | 105 (16) | 46 (12) | 54 (14) | 10 (10) |
 Primary to middle (< grade 9) | 432 (19) | 147 (20) | 137 (21) | 68 (18) | 65 (17) | 15 (15) |
 Secondary to intermediate | 1006 (44) | 318 (42) | 299 (46) | 164 (43) | 170 (44) | 55 (55) |
 Tertiary (Bachelor or higher) | 396 (17) | 99 (13) | 103 (16) | 98 (26) | 77 (20) | 19 (19) |
Occupation | ||||||
 Not Working | ||||||
 Unemployed | 104 (5) | 38 (5) | 24 (4) | 16 (4) | 20 (5) | 6 (6) |
 Student | 235 (10) | 65 (9) | 79 (12) | 36 (9) | 51 (13) | 4 (4) |
 Retired | 15 (1) | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 6 (1.6) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0) |
 Housewife | 317 (14) | 117 (16) | 136 (21) | 43 (11) | 15 (4) | 6 (6) |
Self-employed | ||||||
 Small business | 576 (25) | 171 (23) | 130 (20) | 108 (28) | 132 (34) | 35 (35) |
 Large businessmen | 17 (1) | 10 (1.3) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) |
Salaried | ||||||
 Unskilled worker | 301 (13) | 124 (16) | 83 (13) | 43 (11) | 41 (11) | 10 (10) |
 Low skilled worker | 498 (22) | 163 (22) | 155 (24) | 91 (24) | 78 (20) | 11 (11) |
 Skilled worker | 123 (5) | 21 (3) | 29 (4) | 27 (7) | 21 (6) | 25 (25) |
Socioeconomic status | ||||||
 High | 339 (15) | 89 (12) | 73 (11) | 69 (18) | 85 (22) | 23 (23) |
 Upper Middle | 309 (14) | 101 (14) | 75 (12) | 63 (16) | 59 (15) | 11 (11) |
 Middle | 516 (23) | 152 (20) | 174 (27) | 88 (23) | 74 (19) | 28 (28) |
 Lower Middle | 426 (19) | 138 (18) | 129 (20) | 73 (19) | 67 (17) | 19 (19) |
 Low | 591 (26) | 228 (30) | 191 (29) | 79 (20) | 78 (20) | 15 (15) |