Kathmandu University School of Management

PinchheTole, Gwarko, Lalitpur

A Survey Report

On

Demographic Variables of MBA Term I Students

Submitted to

Assistant Professor Bal Krishna Khadka

Submitted by

Aarati Kafle (19313)

Nivida Pandey (19323)

Samikshya Bhandari (19304)

Victor Thanju (19336)

Sanim Maharjan (19318)

Roshni Thapa Magar (19317)

Submission Date

28 January 2019
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Table of Contents

Chapter I - Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Objective of the Study ............................................................................................................. 3

Chapter II - Findings and Analysis ................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Frequency distribution according to caste of the participants ................................................. 4

2.2 Frequency distribution according to province of the participants ........................................... 5

2.3 Cross tabulation between province and caste of the participants ............................................ 6

2.4 Descriptive analysis of individual expenditure of the participants ......................................... 7

2.5 Descriptive analysis of household expenditure of the participants ......................................... 7

2.6 Bivariate data analysis between gender and expenditure of the participants .......................... 8

Chapter III – Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 8

Chapter IV – Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 9

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Chapter I - Introduction

Analysis in this report is based on survey responses provided by 37 individuals, who

recently started MBA program at KUSOM, i.e. MBA Spring 2019 Batch. The survey was

conducted to know demographic information of newly admitted students. Typically, it covers

gender, ethnicity, job sector of the participants’ parents, monthly expenditure, etc. Out of total 13

variables, 7 are qualitative and 6 are quantitative ones.

The report has tried to analyze the relationship between province and caste of the survey

participants, where province is taken as an independent variable and caste as dependent variable.

Similarly, there are several major findings of this report. It shows majority of students belongs to

urban area. There are more number of female students in comparison to male students. Here in the

study, both univariate and bivariate methods are applied.

1.1 Objective of the Study

The purpose of this report are the following:

1. To examine the frequency of students on the basis of caste and province and find a logical

relation between the two variables.

2. To analyze descriptive statistics of monthly expenditure of the participants and that of their

respective households to compare the two.

3. To analyze monthly expenditure of male and female participants of the survey.

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Chapter II - Findings and Analysis

2.1 Frequency distribution according to caste of the participants

Frequency distribution according to caste of the

participants
2, OR 5.41%

Hill Caste
Hill Ethnic
Newars
13 OR 35.14%
Madhesi Caste

20 OR 54.04%

2 OR 5.41%

Figure 1 Frequency distribution according to caste of the participants

Interpretation

From the above pie chart, we can see that the highest number of participants are of Hill Caste i.e.

20 in number, followed by 13 participants who are from Newar caste. People of Hill Ethnicity and

Madhesi caste are lowest in the class i.e. only 2 participants are from Hill Ethnicity and 2 from

Madhesi caste.
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2.2 Frequency distribution according to province of the participants

Frequency Distribution According to Province Number of

Participants
35
29
30

25

20

15

10
4
5 2 1 1
0
Province 1 Province 2 Province 3 Province 4 Province 5 Province 6 Province 7

Frequency Distribution

Figure 2 Frequency distribution according to province number of the participants

Interpretation

From the above bar graph, the number of students from Province 3 is 29, which shows that most

students are from Province 3. There is a significant difference between number of students from

Province 3 and other provinces. The number of students from province 1 and 4 are 4 and 2

respectively. There is only one student from province number 5 and 7 each, and there are no students

from province number 2 and 6.

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2.3 Cross tabulation between province and caste of the participants

Cross tabulation showing province and caste of the participants

43.20%
50%

45%
Percentage of Frequency Distrubution

35.10%
40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%
5.40%

10%
2.70%
2.70%

2.70%
2.70%

2.70%

2.70%
5%

0%
Province 1 Province 2 Province 3 Province 4 Province 5 Province 6 Province 7
Hill Caste Hill Ethinic Newars Madhesi Caste

Figure 3 Cross tabulation between province and caste of the participants

Interpretation

The above figure shows that out of the total 100% participants, the percentages of participants that

belong to the following castes and provinces;

a. Hill caste and Province 1; Hill ethnic and Province 1,

b. Hill caste and Province 4; Hill ethnic and Province 4,

c. Hill caste and Province 5, and Hill caste and Province 7; are 2.7%.

Notable data is that 5.4% of the total participants belong to Madhesi caste and they all belong to

Province 1. Similarly, 35.1% of the total participants belong to Newar case and they all belong to

Province 3. These two data indicate that these two castes might be natives of the respective

provinces. Finally, there are no participants from the survey who belong to Provinces 2 and 6,

which makes it advisable to encourage admission from those two provinces.

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2.4 Descriptive analysis of individual expenditure of the participants

Table 1 Descriptive analysis of individual expenditure of the participants

N Minimum Maximum Mean Standard

Deviation
A7.
Monthly 37 1500 35000 10486.5 7633.52
Expenditure

Interpretation

The above table shows the mean, median, and standard deviation of the individual expenditure of

the participants. Analyzing the data above, we can say that the average expenditure of the class is

Rs.10486.5 with highest and lowest individual expenditure being Rs.35000 and Rs.1500

respectively. Also, the standard deviation is 7633.52 which show a large variation between the

mean expenditure and individual expenditure, meaning the students have a great variation in their

expenditures.

2.5 Descriptive analysis of household expenditure of the participants

Table 2 Descriptive analysis of household expenditure of the participants

N Minimum Maximum Mean Standard

Deviation

A12 Household monthly

37 20000 800,000 86486.4865 130346.03979
expenditure

Interpretation

The above table shows the household monthly expenditure of the students in the class. Here, we

can see that the average expenditure of the students' households is Rs.86486.4865 and the maximum

and minimum household expenditure of the students are Rs. 800,000 and Rs. 20000 respectively.

There is a very large dispersion in the household expenditure which is shown by the standard

deviation of 130346.03979. This means that the deviation between average household expenditure
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of a student from the mean value of household expenditure of all students is very high and the mean

is not a well representation of the data.

2.6 Bivariate data analysis between gender and expenditure of the participants

Table 3 Bivariate data analysis between gender and expenditure of the participants

A4. Sex and A7 Mean N Std. Minimum Maximum

Monthly Expenditure Deviation

Female 9307.6923 26 6847.00945 1500 32000

Male 13272.7273 11 8967.61851 5000 35000

Total 10486.4865 37 7633.52118 1500 35000

The above table depicts the relationship between gender and monthly expenditure. As we can

observe in the table, male students have Rs.3965.035 higher personal expenditure in average than

the female students. But the standard deviation of female students is 6847.00945 whereas the

standard deviation of male students is 8967.61851, which means that the monthly expenditure of

female students is more consistent in comparison to male students.

Chapter III – Conclusion

This report has accumulated the following conclusions:

 Higher numbers of participants are from Hill caste, which is followed by Newar.

 More than half of the participants are from Province 3 whereas there are none from Province

2 and 6.

 Higher number of Hill caste and Newar caste among the participants belong to Province 3.

Hill caste is distributed among other provinces too whereas all Newar caste participants

belong to Province 3.

 All participants with Madhesi caste belong to Province 1 and the highest number of

participants from Province 1 belong to Madhesi caste as well.

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 The data from 37 participants suggests that majority of participants might be from Province

3 because the university is located in Province 3.

 The data also suggests that Newar caste might be natives of Province 3 since all the

participants who belong to Newar caste also belong to Province 3 unlike Hill caste which

comes from Province 3 majorly but a few also come from other provinces.

 Higher deviation is seen in individual expenditure as well as household expenditure i.e. the

expenditure scheme largely varies.

 The monthly expenditure of female participants is comparatively lower than that of male

participants.

Chapter IV – Recommendations

Recommendations include the following:

 The university should encourage even admission from every caste/ethnicity and

province.

 The university should encourage participation from Province 2 and 6 in the next intake.

 The male participants should be more economical provided that the expense choices

they are currently making are not wise.

 The “others” option in A9 variable job should be further classified because it constitutes

high percentage of data.