Research Article
Internet Addiction and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students in Kathmandu, Nepal
Table 1
Sociodemographic profile of the participants.
| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Age | <20 years | 100 (29.1) | ≥20 years | 244 (70.9) |
| Gender | Male | 159 (46.2) | Female | 185 (53.8) |
| Marital status | Married | 14 (4.1) | Unmarried | 330 (95.9) |
| Type of family | Nuclear | 218 (63.4) | Joint/extended | 126 (36.6) |
| Education status of fathers | Illiterate | 18 (5.2) | Literate | 85 (24.7) | Primary level | 47 (13.7) | Secondary level | 83 (24.1) | Higher education | 111 (32.3) |
| Education status of mothers | Illiterate | 35 (10.2) | Literate | 79 (23.0) | Primary level | 77 (22.4) | Secondary level | 85 (24.7) | Higher education | 68 (19.8) |
| Family economic status | Low | 17 (4.9) | Middle | 310 (90.1) | High | 17 (4.9) |
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