Table 1
Number of participants according to grades in their last examination, their religion, ethnicity and socioeconomic status
| Ethnicity | Number of students | Percentage | Socio-economic status | Number of students | Percentage | Grade | Number of students | Percentage | Religion | Number of students | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brahman | 290 | 41.67 | Rich class | 11 | 1.58 | A+ | 305 | 43.82 | Hindu | 616 | 88.51 |
| Chhetri | 110 | 15.80 | Middle class | 633 | 90.95 | A | 191 | 27.44 | Buddhist | 32 | 4.60 |
| Janjati | 68 | 9.77 | Poor class | 14 | 2.01 | Other (B+, B, C+, C) | 120 | 17.24 | Other (Islam, atheism, Kirat) | 29 | 4.17 |
| Madhesi (Tarai origin) | 61 | 8.76 | Not revealed | 38 | 5.46 | Not revealed | 80 | 11.49 | Not revealed | 19 | 2.73 |
| Newar | 141 | 20.26 | |||||||||
| Not revealed | 26 | 3.73 | |||||||||
| Total | 696 | 100 | Total | 696 | 100 | Total | 696 | 100 | Total | 696 | 100 |
Figure 1
Severity of social phobia among adolescent students (shown in percentage)
Table 2
Analysis of variance for academic achievement, religious affiliation and ethnicity with social phobia.
| Independent variable | Dependent variable | Sum of Squares | df | Mean Square | F | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Social Phobia | Between Groups | 442.075 | 2 | 221.037 | 1.739 | .177 |
| Within Groups | 77933.003 | 613 | 127.134 | ||||
| Religious affiliation | Social Phobia | Between Groups | 526.669 | 2 | 263.335 | 2.031 | .132 |
| Within Groups | 87406.989 | 674 | 129.684 | ||||
| Ethnicity | Social Phobia | Between Groups | 722.721 | 4 | 180.680 | 1.368 | .244 |
| Within Groups | 87849.322 | 665 | 132.104 | ||||
| Socioeconomic status | Social Phobia | Between Groups | 1181.090 | 2 | 590.545 | 4.498 | .011 |
| Within Groups | 85998.331 | 655 | 131.295 |
Table 3
t tests for independent means
| Independent variable | Dependent variable | Equality of variance | t value | p value | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Social Phobia | No | 1.29 | .20 | No |
| Family type | Social Phobia | No | .81 | .42 | No |
| Education type | Social Phobia | No | .27 | .79 | No |
Figure 3
Scatterplot of number of friends as predictor and social phobia as criterion variables