Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics among the undergraduates
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 645 | 41.0 |
Female | 926 | 58.8 | |
Age (in years) | 21 | 20 | 1.3 |
22 | 449 | 28.5 | |
23 | 696 | 44.2 | |
24 | 307 | 19.5 | |
25 | 83 | 5.3 | |
26 | 11 | 0.7 | |
Academic year | Second | 930 | 59.0 |
Third | 645 | 41.0 | |
University | Kelaniya | 339 | 21.5 |
Sri Jayewardenepura | 576 | 36.6 | |
Colombo | 353 | 22.4 | |
Moratuwa | 307 | 19.5 | |
Nationality | Sinhalese | 1480 | 94.1 |
Tamil | 58 | 3.7 | |
Muslims | 33 | 2.1 | |
Other | 1 | 0.1 | |
Religion | Buddhism | 1414 | 89.8 |
Roman Catholic | 65 | 4.1 | |
Non Roman Catholic Christian | 6 | 0.4 | |
Islam | 45 | 2.9 | |
Hindu | 39 | 2.5 | |
Other | 3 | 0.2 | |
Residence | Own home | 453 | 28.8 |
Relative’s house | 36 | 2.3 | |
University hostel | 411 | 26.1 | |
Boarding place | 671 | 42.6 | |
Academic streams | Art | 516 | 32.8 |
Commerce | 424 | 26.9 | |
Bio Science | 248 | 15.7 | |
Mathematics | 387 | 24.6 | |
Type of School | Boys’ | 262 | 21.0 |
Girls’ | 345 | 27.6 | |
Mixed | 642 | 51.4 | |
Marital status | Single | 1551 | 98.5 |
Married | 13 | 0.8 | |
Divorced | 1 | 0.1 | |
Separated | 1 | 0.1 | |
Living together | 5 | 0.3 |