The effects of cyberbullying victimization on depression and suicidal ideation among adolescents and young adults: a three year cohort study from India

Table 1 Socio- demographic charactisitcs of the study population

Background characteristics	Males		Females
Background characteristics	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Substance use
No	3050	68.87	11,543	95.54
Yes	1378	31.13	539	4.46
Violent behaviour
No	3116	70.37	11,309	93.61
Yes	1312	29.63	772	6.39
Age (in years)
13–17	1423	32.13	1135	9.39
18–20	2195	49.58	5958	49.32
21–23	810	18.29	4989	41.29
Marital status
Married	262	5.92	6136	50.79
Single	4166	94.08	5945	49.21
Educational level
Illiterate	104	2.34	1482	12.27
Up to 8 years	1572	35.5	3944	32.64
9 and more years	2752	62.15	6656	55.09
Mobile phone access
No	156	3.52	385	3.19
Own mobile phone	3010	67.97	4468	36.98
Use family member’s mobile phone	1262	28.51	7228	59.83
Internet access
No	1155	26.08	8017	66.36
yes	3273	73.92	4064	33.64
Use of social media
No	1662	37.53	9308	77.05
yes	2766	62.47	2773	22.95
Peer connection
Bad	2142	48.38	8435	69.82
Good	2286	51.62	3646	30.18
Work
Yes	1977	44.65	2651	21.95
No	2451	55.35	9430	78.05
Religion
Hindu	3761	84.93	9548	79.03
Non-Hindu	667	15.07	2533	20.97
Caste
SC/ST	1210	27.34	3159	26.15
OBC	2424	54.74	6665	55.17
Others	794	17.93	2257	18.68
Wealth index
Poorest	503	11.37	1542	12.77
Poorer	883	19.94	2237	18.51
Middle	986	22.26	2629	21.76
Richer	1053	23.78	3014	24.95
Richest	1003	22.66	2658	22
Place of residence
Urban	743	16.78	1879	15.55
Rural	3685	83.22	10,203	84.45
State
Uttar Pradesh	3008	67.93	8408	69.6
Bihar	1420	32.07	3673	30.4
Total	4428		12,081