Table 1 Personal and socio-demographic characteristics among study populations in the district of Kandy as a percentage (n = 200)
Factors | Study area | χ2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akurana | KMC | Gangawata Korale | Kundasale | Gampola | |||
Age | 15–35 | 20.0a | 39.5b | 17.5a | 24.5a | 39.5c | χ2 = 87.87 (df = 8) |
35–55 | 45.5 | 41.0 | 59.5 | 50.0 | 56.5 | ||
> 55 | 34.5 | 19.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 4.0 | ||
Sex | M | 98.5a | 89.0b | 91.0b | 87.5b | 85.5b | χ2 = 28.29 (df = 4) |
F | 1.5 | 11 | 9 | 12.5 | 14.5 | ||
Family size | 1 to 3 | 1.5a | 16.5b | 20.0c | 25.5c | 24.5c | χ2 = 94.50 (df = 8) |
4 to 6 | 42.0 | 51.5 | 71.5 | 70.0 | 62.0 | ||
> 7 | 56.5 | 32.0 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 13.5 | ||
Numbers of years residing in the house | < 5 | 13.5a | 7.0b | 19.0a | 15.0a | 18.5a | χ2 = 46.37 (df = 12) |
6 to 25 | 37.5 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 30.0 | ||
26 to 50 | 32.0 | 44.0 | 42.5 | 41.5 | 37.0 | ||
> 50 | 17.0 | 29.0 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 14.5 | ||
Monthly income (LKR) × 103 | < 5 | 2.0a | 0.0b | 0.5c | 1.0c | 0.0c | χ2 = 98.90 (df = 16) |
5 to 10 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | ||
10 to 20 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | ||
20 to 30 | 24.0 | 86.0 | 64.0 | 58.0 | 65.5 | ||
> 30 | 38.5 | 4.0 | 21.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | ||