Research Article
Sleep Quality and Its Correlates among Adolescents of Western Nepal: A Population-Based Study
Table 1
Demographic and economic characteristics of respondents and their family (
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| Characteristics | (%) |
| Age | | ≤17 | 275 (53.5) | >17 | 239 (46.5) | Age (years) | | Gender | | Male | 270 (52.5) | Ethnicity | | Brahmin/Chhetri | 302 (58.8) | Religion | | Hindu | 461 (89.7) | Place of residence | | Urban | 401 (78.0) | Type of family | | Nuclear | 338 (65.8) | Family size | | >5 | 321 (62.5) | | | Parent marital status | | Married | 471 (91.6) | Monthly income of family(in NRs) | | ≤25000 | 301 (58.6) | >25000 | 213 (41.4) | Educational status of father | | ≤Secondary | 354 (68.9) | >Secondary | 160 (31.1) | Education status of mother | | ≤Secondary | 422 (82.1) | >Secondary | 92 (17.9) | Occupational status of father | | Agriculture | 202 (39.3) | Business/job | 275 (53.5) | Other# | 37 (7.2) | Occupational status of mother | | Agriculture | 291 (56.6) | Business/job | 211 (41.1) | Other ## | 12 (2.3) | Drinking habit of father | | Yes | 195 (37.9) | Drinking habit of mother | | Yes | 25 (4.9) |
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#Includes foreign employment and labour work, ##includes housewife, labour work, and foreign job. Significant at <0.000, 0.01, and 0.05, respectively. |