A Community Service Project Report

On
USAGE OF MOBILE PHONES
A Project Report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of
the award of the Degree of
UNDER GRADUATION
IN
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Submitted by
BODDUPALLI KRANTHI KUMAR
Reg No: 22BC32002
Under the guidance of
Dr. V.VIJAYA LAKSHMI
Lecturer in Economics
Department of Economics

SRI A.S.N.M GOVT COLLEGE (A)

PALAKOL, WESTGODAVARI DIST
2022-2023

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certified that the COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

entitled USAGE OF MOBILE PHONES is a bonafide Project work done by

B.KRANTHI KUMAR with Reg. No. 22BC32002 during 19-07-2023 to 26-

08-2023 for the Academic year 2022-2023 in partial fulfillment of the

requirements for the award of the degree in the first semester

graduation in 'Bachelor of Commerce' in Sri A.S.N.M. Govt. College (A),

Palakol, W.G.Dt., A.P-534260.

Signature of the Guide Signature of the Principal

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the Community Service Project work entitled USAGE OF

MOBILE PHONES is based on the original work carried out by me at SRI ASNM

GOVT.DEGREE COLLEGE, PALAKOL, W.G.DT.,A.P.,534260 under the supervision of

Dr. V.VIJAYA LAKSHMI Department of Economics Sri A.S.N.M GOVT. COLLEGE(A)

PALAKOL, W.G.Dt., A.P.,. I also affirm that this work is original and has not been

submitted in part or full, for any other purpose to any other institution.

Signature of the Student

B.KRANTHI KUMAR

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am thankful to our Principal Dr.T.RAJARAJESWARI M.SC.,

M.Phil.,Ph.d. for providing the necessary infrastructure and
encouragement during the CSP project period.

I humbly acknowledge my gratitude to my Project Guide Dr. V.VIJAYA

LAKSHMI, Lecturer in Economics, Sri. A.S.N.M Govt. College(A), Palakol
for her valuable guidance and support.

B.KRANTHI KUMAR
Reg No: 22BC32002

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 INTRODUCTION:

PART – A : HISTORY OF VILLAGE 1 - 3

CELL PHONES

PART - B : DATA ANALASYS 4 - 10

PART – C: LIMITATIONS, OBJECTIVES 11 - 15

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 INTRODUCTION –PART-A

HISTORY OF ACHANTA VEMAVARAM:

Achanta Vemavaram is a large village located in Achanta Mandal of West Godavari district,
Andhra Pradesh with total 2218 families residing. The Achanta Vemavaram village has
population of 7566 of which 3809 are males while 3757 are females as per Population
Census 2011.
In Achanta Vemavaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 580 which makes up
7.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Achanta Vemavaram village is
986 which is lower than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the
Achanta Vemavaram as per census is 993, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.
Achanta Vemavaram village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In
2011, literacy rate of Achanta Vemavaram village was 80.99 % compared to 67.02 % of
Andhra Pradesh. In Achanta Vemavaram Male literacy stands at 86.58 % while female
literacy rate was 75.32 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Achanta Vemavaram village is
administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our
website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Achanta Vemavaram village.

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 USAGE OF CELL PHONE

I. INTRODUCTION

There has been tremendous growth in the use of the mobile phones in India. It is reported
that the India’s telecommunication market is the second largest in the world. The mobile
phones are available to the people right from the age of 12 years. The mobile phone
technology has brought the world closer. It provided great convenience in
communication among people by way of either calling or texting. Now, the mobile
phones are coming up with variety of features like internet access, sending e-mails,
games, access to social networking sites like face-book, listening to music, playing radio,
reading books, dictionary and so on. The mobile phones are also used to overcome the
feeling of loneliness. The majority of the users are in the age group of 15 to 25 years. The
contacts are established instantly with the help of mobile phones which was not possible
earlier. However, though the mobile phone provided many advantages, it has also caused
some problems also. Some people are using the mobile phones so excessively that it
assumes the form of addiction. The use of mobile phones has reduced the face to face
communication. It is observed that the people sending text messages while talking to
others. Even the visitors, guests are kept waiting till the mobile phone use is over. The
students are using mobile phones for playing games, sending messages, calling even
when the class is in progress. The mobile phones are used at places like hospitals, judicial
courts, petrol pumps where their use is banned. The mobile phone use during driving is
commonly observed which may increase the chances of involving in accidents. The use
of mobile phone while driving can distract attention of the driver visually, physically and
cognitively. Earlier studies have shown that various personality traits like neuroticism,
extraversion, psychoticism, etc. and mobile use have some relation to each other. The
gender may also play some role in high mobile phone use. The provision of the additional
features like internet, music, radio, etc. may be resulting in excessive use of mobile
phones. It is, therefore, thought to study the various aspects of mobile phone use
including gender role.The study will be done on explorative basis and there will not be
any hypothesis.

II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Some of the findings from the previous studies on mobile phone use are given below.
Bianchi and Phillips (2005) studied the relationship of extraversion, neuroticism, self-
esteem, gender, and age and mobile phone use in the age group from 18 to 85 years and
found that extraversion and self esteem appeared to be important factors. Young people,
in particular, appeared to be susceptible high mobile phone use. They were also greater
users of SMS function and other features on mobile phones. However, the neuroticism
could not predict high use of mobile phone. It was stated that the technical applications
like MP3 players attract more male users while females used mobile phones for mixing
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with friends and relatives. A study conducted to examine the relationship between
psychological attributes to smart phone addiction, face-to-face communication, present
absence and social capital involving 414 university students aged below 30, it was found
that the level of the loneliness, shyness and present absence was positively related to
excessive smart phone use. The greater smart phone use predicted lower level of face to
face communication (Casey, 2012).

In another study of impact of personality traits on smart phone ownership and use with
312 participants (60% females, 40% males) ranging from age 18 to 77 years, it was
revealed that extroverts reported greater importance on the texting function whereas the
agreeable individuals placed greater importance on making calls and less importance on
texting. Neuroticism was positively associated with the e-mail function.

The study also found that the age was negatively associated with texting, browsing the
internet and playing music. Higher education was positively related to using smart phone
for calling but negatively to gaming function. The extraverted individuals were more
likely to own a smartphone. Females placed great importance on texting function (Lane
and Manner, 2011). Lu, Watanabe, Liu, Uji, Shono, & Kitamura (2011) conducted the
study on internet and mobile phone text messaging dependency in which 92 men and 54
women participated. Ages ranged between 22 to 59 years. The study suggested that
psychological dependency on internet and mobile phone text messaging in Japan was not
limited to students but also affects adults. The study showed that 34% of men and 25% of
women showed mild internet addiction and 6.1% of men and 1.8% of women showed
pathological use of internet. The study found no gender difference in internet use and
mobile phone text messaging. The depression was associated with both internet
dependency and mobile phone text messaging dependency whereas anxiety was
associated negatively with text message dependency.

Krithika M. and Dr. S. Vasantha (2013), in their study of the mobile phone usage among
teens and young adults- impact of invading technology, found that the cell phone usage is
so strongly integrated into young people’s behaviour that it was showing the symptoms
of behavioural addiction. In another study on severity of mobile phone and internet use
among B.Sc. nursing students, it was revealed that 84.2% of the young persons in the age
group of 19-20 years owned mobile phone. There was no severe or moderate addiction to
mobile phone. The mild addiction was observed in 1.84% people (Arpita Kumari,
D’Souza, Dhar, Savita, & Alex S., 2013). Atul Patel and Dr. Harishchandra Sing Rathod
(2011) studied the mobile phone use habits of students coming from rural area to the
town and found that the most used feature of mobile phone use was SMS because it was
cheaper and the students with limited financial resources could communicate effectively.
The study also showed that the male students sent more SMS than female students. In a
study conducted by MACRO (2004), the market analysis and consumer research
organisation revealed that the choice of pre-paid or post-paid was related to the actual
consumption, whether it is low or high. The 56% people in the age group of 15-19 years
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used prepaid services whereas majority of the people in the 25-29 year age group used
post-paid services. The females had inclination to use pre-paid services. The security
concern was one of the factors that influenced the mobile phone use by females. The 60%
respondents reported calling as the primary usage and 10.84% used mobile phone while
driving. The addiction was found in 58% and it was equal across the age or gender. The
Marathi Daily “ Maharashtra Times” on 13th Aug, 2014 reported the findings of the
survey done by Mantra Research in Pune which stated that 27.16% people used mobile
while driving.

A study was conducted on tri dimensional personality of adolescents with internet

addiction and substance use experience having 3662 students including 2328 boys and
1334 girls from high school. It was revealed that adolescents with internet addiction were
more likely to have substance use experience. High novelty seeking, high harm
avoidance, and low reward dependence predicted a higher proportion of adolescents with
internet addiction. High novelty seeking, low harm avoidance, and low reward
dependence predicted a higher proportion of adolescents with substance use experience
(Ko, Yen, J.,
Chen, C., Chen, S., Wu, & Yen, C., 2006). With regard to personality factors,
extraversion affected the perception of excessive use, whereas neuroticism contributed to
increasing relationship maintenance and emotional reaction (Igarashi, Motoyoshi, Takai,
& Yoshida, 2008).

In a study conducted on mobile phone dependence and health related life style of
university students in Japan in which 271 respondents including 117 males and 154
females participated, it was revealed that there was significant gender difference in
mobile phone dependence. Higher male scores tended to be related to voice phone
services, while higher female scores tended to related to internet services. The females
use internet services more than mobile voice phone services as compared to males. These
findings might suggest that females tend, more than males, to prefer indirect
communication. It might be due to cost factor and also as an aid in coping with the stress
by providing a channel of human support. For males, there was a significant relationship
between smoking habits and mobile phone dependence. The intensity of mobile phone
use may be related to health life style (Toda, Monden, Kubo, & Morimoto, 2006).

There is no gender difference in internet use and mobile phone text messaging. The
gender difference may be due to different measures used, different age groups, or cultural
differences (Lu, Watanabe, et al., 2011). Takao, Takahashi, & Kitamura (2009)
conducted a study on addictive personality and problematic mobile phone use involving
444 subjects including 324 males and 124 females in the age group of 18 to 39. It was
found that the problem mobile phone use was a function of gender, self monitoring and
approval motivation but not of loneliness. However, loneliness could predict overall use
in respect of time spent during the week, number of people called regularly, time spent
per week on

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writing and reading text messages and, the number of people with whom text messages
were exchanged. The gender appeared to be the week predictor of problematic mobile
phone use. The cultural and ethnical background might influence the problem mobile
phone use in females. In western countries, the gender differentiation is not as severe as
in Asian countries. In Japan, females are expected to behave modestly. Such social
pressure might actuate the problematic use of mobile phone. Depression is also reported
to be important characteristic in excessive mobile phone use. However, further studies
are needed to demonstrate the relationship.

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 PART .B
III. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
To study the pattern of mobile phone use among college-going youth in Pune City.
IV. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To study the mobile phone use among college-going youth in Pune city.
To study gender differences in mobile phone use among college students in Pune city.
V. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Sampling – The sample consisted of college going youth between the age
group of 18 to 25. Data were collected from 410 students; out of which
245 were females and 165 were males. The data were collected from arts
and commerce students of Pune city. The sample was selected taking into
consideration the total number of students representing these two
streams. Accordingly data were collected from 500 students. But in the
final analyses only 410 students were taken as they have not filled up the
questionnaire properly or not responded to all the questions. The sample
was unequal as most of the data were collected from the students
belonging to arts
Chart 1: Distribution of Sample

Bar Diagram
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FemaleMale

stream of Pune city. Under Savitribai Phule University of Pune, majority of

the students who enrol for arts course are females and that was reflected
in the sample distribution. Incidental sampling method was used for data
collection. Since we were not interested in the stream wise analyses
analyses were not done taking into consideration stream.
Tools – The tool developed by the researcher was used for data collection.
Statistical analysis – Percentage analysis of various types of services used by the youths
was carried out.
VI. RESULTS
Obtained results showed that 97% of the students were using smart phones and only three
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percent of the students were not using smart phones. This shows the popularity of the
smart phones among youth. When the students were asked regarding the operating
system 66% of the students had android mobile phones. Whereas, 2% of the students
were having Java and 11.35% of the students were having windows based operating
system, 4.44 % of the students were using Blackberry and 16.29 were using IOS
operating system. This shows the popularity of android phones over other phones among
youth.
Chart 2: Percentage of students having smart phones

Percentage bar diagram of student

having smart phones
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100

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having smart phones

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When the students were asked about which brand of mobile phone they
mostly use 28.50% of the students said Samsung, 9.58 % Micromax,
6.88% Sony, 21.62% Apple i Phone, other mobile users 33.41%.

Chart 3: Mobile company-wise distribution in mobile use

Percentage Bar Diagram of Users

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Percentage of Users
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Micromax SamsungSony Apple Other

Almost 97.54% of the students had internet connection on mobile only

2.46% had no internet connection on mobile phone. Regarding the data
usage 33.58% of the student users’ data usage was up to 1 GB, whereas,

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 39.05% were having data usage between 1 GB to 3 GB, 19.40% of the
students use data up to 3GB to 4 GB and more than 4 GB data usage in
case of 7.96% of students.
Chart 4: Percentage of users having Internet Enabled Phone

% of users having Internet

Enabled Phone
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100
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% of users having
Internate Enabled Phone

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Yes No

Chart 5: Percentage of students’ mobile data usage

Percentage Bar Diagram of users

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Most of the students use mobile for listening to music (For example,
20.39%), whereas 6.63% of the users use it for playing games, 52.08% for
social networking and 7.61% for just browsing, and 10.31% use for all the
above. Thereby, results show the importance of getting socially connected
with others as important factor in mobile use.

Chart 6: Student’s use of mobile phone

Percentage bar diagram of Users

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Results regarding use of mobile application it was found that most of the
students prefer music (39.60%), camera (23.26%) and games (18.06%).

Chart 7: Students preference for mobile apps.

Percentage bar diagram of Users

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40
30
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Regarding the time spend on mobile phone (41.03%) of the students

said that they spend between four to six hours on mobile. 25% of the
students responded with between two to four hours and 11.79 responded
with six and eight hours. 11.79% responded with more than eight hours.

Chart 8: Amount of time spent on mobile

Percentage bar diagram of Users

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40
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20

Percentage of Users
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2 hr- 4 hr4 hr - 6 hr 6 hr - 8 hr More the8

hr

Most of the students use mobile at night. For example, obtained results
showed that 42.01% of the students use mobile at night, 5.40% at night

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 and 25.79% in the evening.Most of the students spend only few hours
without mobile (47.42%).

Chart 9: Use of mobile phone at morning, evening and night

Percentage of Users
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40
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0

MorningEveningNightAll the
above

Whenever they get notification they check their mobile. For example,
results of percentage analyses revealed that 52.33% check mobile when
they get notification, 22.85% after every 15minutes and 16.70% after
every 30 minutes.
Chart 10: Showing mobile use

Percentage of users
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50
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Percentage of users
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When get aEvery 15 Every 30 Other

notificationmin min

Most of the students prefer prepaid card over post paid card. For
example, (76.65%) use prepaid card and 23.34% use post paid card.

Chart 11: Student’s preference for the pre post card and post paid card

Percentage of Users
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Percentage of Users

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Results regarding number of recharge in a month revealed that 41.77%
recharge once a month, 28.86% twice a month and 11.89% thrice a month
and more than thrice a month in case of 17.46% of the students.

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 Chart 12: Rate of recharge of card in a month

Percentage bar diagram of Users

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Percentage of Users
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Once Twice ThriceMore than

Thrice

Regarding the Internet service provider 61.53% of the students preferred 3G

service, 22.33% of the students preferred 2G service and 12.65% of the students
preferred WiFi.
Chart 13: Preference for data card

Percentage of Users
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Percentage of Users
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2G3G4GWi-Fi

Around 51.84% of the students reported that they experience Network problem,
32.18% reported that they experience network problem sometimes.

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 Chart 14: Percentage of students experiencing network problem

Percentage bar diagram of Users

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YesNoSometimes

Most of the students felt that they need to use mobile as they feel they are
addicted to mobile (28.25% of the students).
Chart 15: Showing percentage of users addicted to mobile

Percentage of Users
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25
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5 Percentage of Users
0 You are sociallyYou are text You areAll of the above
awkward / You savvy / You are addicted/ Other
are sociallytech savvy
active

Results of gender wise analyses revealed that 97.57% of male students use smart
phones as against 96.32 for females. Very students (both males and females do not use
smart phone).
Chart 16: Percentage of male students having smart phone

Percentage of male student having smart

phones
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smart phones

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 Chart 17: Percentage of female students having smart phone

Percentage of student having smart phones

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50 having smart phones

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Regarding the type of operating system used by males results showed that
64.84% of the students use android phones, 18.18% I phone, Windows phone
11.51% and Black Berry 4.84% of the male students.
Chart 18: Preference for the operating system by males

Percentage of male users

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AndroidJavaWindows Black I phone
Berry

Whereas, 68% of the females prefer Android as an operating system, 11.25%

Windows, and Black Berry 4.16% of female students.
Chart 19: Showing preference for the operating system by females

Percentage of female users

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Among male users Samsung is the mostly used mobile phone,
followed by Apple I phone. Other brands like Lava and XOLO etc.
are also used by the male users same was the case with female
students.Almost of 98.18 % of the male users have Internet
enabled mobile phones so is the case for females. Regarding data
usage 44.12% of females use data between 1GB-3 GB, whereas, in
case of males this percentage was found to be 31.70%. Usage of
data up to 1 GB was found to be in case of 37.19% males as
against 31.09 in case of females.

Chart 20: Data use for male users

Percentage of male users

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35
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Chart 21: Data use for female users

Percentage of female users

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Most of the males prefer to use mobile for social networking

(47.27%), 20.60% of males use mobile for listening to music, 11.51

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for just browsing. Like males most of the females use mobile
phone for social networking(55.37% ), 20.24% of females use for
listening to music and 4.95% for just browsing. Obtained results
thus go along with previous studies on gender differences on
relation orientation.
Regarding the gender differences on use of mobile phone for
internet use, for internet surfing, making call, and SMS and all
these three, gender differences were not found.

Most of the males prefer apps related to music (35.97%) games

related apps (29.27%), Education related (3.65%), camera related
apps (18.90%); whereas, in case of females music related apps are
preferred by (42.08%), games (10.41%), Education related
(8.33%). Camera related apps (26.25%).

Regarding gender differences on the time spend on mobile use the results
showed that
30.30% of males spend two to four hours on mobile use, 38.78%
of the students spend time between four to six hours, and 21.81%
of the male students spend time between six to eight hours and
more than eight hours in case of (9.09% ). In case of females most
of the females spend (42.56%) four to six hours on mobile phone,
22.31% of the females spend six to eight hours on mobile phone
and 21.48% of females spend two to four hours on mobile phone
and only 13.63% of the females spend more than eight hours.
When the students were asked about the use of mobile phone
maximum at what time? (6.06% )of males answered with morning,
26.06% of males answered evening, 38.78% of males answered
night. As regards females obtained results showed that only
(4.96% ) of females use mobile in the morning (25.61% ) females
use mobile in the evening, and 44.21% of females use mobile at
night.

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Regarding the time spend without mobile phone when they are
awake most of the male students said that they spend only few
hours without phone when they awake. For example, obtained
results showed that in 41.81% of male students said the they can
spend only few hours without mobile, 34.54% of male students
replied with one day, and 11.51% one week and more than one
week in case of 12.12 students. In case of female mobile users
(51.23%) of the female students responded by saying that they
can spend only few hours without phone when they awake;
28.09% of females said one day, 9.09% of females responded
with one week and 11.57% responded with more than one week.
Thereby, suggesting mobile dependence in case of both males and
females.
Regarding the time when males check mobile phone it was found
that most of the male students check their phone whenever they
get a notification. For example, obtained results in case of males
showed that 51.51% of males check mobile when they get a
notification, 115.75% after every 15minutes, 23.03% after every
30minutes. For female mobile users 52.89% of the females said
that they check mobile when they get a notification, 27.68% check
mobile every 15 minutes, 12.39% after every 30minutes.
Most of the male users prefer prepaid card (75.15%) and 24.84%
prefer post paid card. In case of females similar trend was noticed.
77.68% of females prefer prepaid card as against 22.31% of
females who use post paid card.

Chart 22: Percentage of male users using prepaid and post paid
card

Percentage of male Users

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70
60
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PrepaidPostpaid

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Chart 23: Percentage of female users using prepaid and post paid card

Percentage of female Users

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PrepaidPostpaid

As regards mobile recharge 38.99 % if males recharge card once in

a month, 27.04% recharge twice a month, 13.83% thrice a month
and more than thrice a month in case of 20.12% of students. In
case of females 43.64% of students recharge mobile once a month,
30.08% females recharge mobile twice a month, 10.59% thrice a
month and 15.67% more than thrice a month.
With respect to type of internet service 67.27% of males prefer 3G
as against 19.39% of males who preferred 2G and 4.84% 4G and
Wi-Fi, 8.48% of males. This shows that in case of young males
there is a strong desire to get connected with others. As regards
females, 24.36% of the females’ preferred 2G, 57.56% 3G, and
2.51% 4G and 15.54% Wi-Fi.

Almost 45.45% of the males said that they face network problem,
16.96% said that they face network problem and 37.57% said that
they face network problem only sometimes. With respect to
females 56.20% of the female users responded with ‘yes’ as
against 15.28% with ‘no’, and 28.51% with sometimes.

Chart 24: Percentage of male users experiencing network problem

Percentage of23 male Users

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Chart 25: Percentage of female students experiencing network problem

Most of the males said that they need to use mobile as they are addicted to
it (29.09%)

Advantages Of Cell phones

 Communication
 Education
 Social Media
 Building Business
 A Life Saver
 Generating Income
 Entertainment
 Online Transactions

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 Disadvantages Of Cellphones

 Addiction And Distraction

 Hearing Issues
 Vision Problems
 General Health Issues
 Bullying
 Privacy And Security
 Road Accidents
 High Radiation
 Server Issues

AWARENESS PROGRAMME:
My topic is usage of cellphones. In our village ,all the people have been made
aware of the issue. Cellphones are mostly used in the village. I am explain the
cellphones advantages and disadvantages. After,don’t use cellphones more than
necessary. Aware the cellphones limitations. Using mobile/Cellphones can cause
eye problems ,hearing problems, neck pain and general health issue problems. So
all cellphones should not be used more than necessary. Peoples in my village
supported me for the awareness programme.

PACT –C
I. CONCLUSION

Cell phones have completely changed our world. People now use them for
leisure time, business, school, and so much more. Cell phones are not just cell
phones anymore. People rely on them for video chatting for conference calls,
searching the web for nearby restaurants, taking pictures of their travels, using
a GPS tracking system, etc. The majority of people own cell phones
nowadays and people rely on them more than ever. Cell phones have become a
part of everyday life and I could not imagine what it would be like having to
live without having a cell phone. Being away at school I still am able to keep
in contact with my parents and grandparents although I am far away from
them. Cell phones are a vital service in the human connection because people
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are able to have connections that the past decades never imaged. The cell
phone is an incredible invention that has altered our lives forever .Cell phones
have also changed our world because they add mobility, cheaper long distance
calling, advanced technology, and evolving device. They make it easier for
people to keep in communication with each other no matter where they are.
Cell phones are bringing our world together by keeping the means of
communication very close together because people have the capability of
being in contact 24/7 whether its text messages or video chatting. As the cell
phones are advancing and changing it is making the society change as well
because everyone is extremely tech savvy from adapting to the futurist world
we live in. An interesting story that I came about helped me realized that cell
phones are a great help to all types of people all over the world.

The article was about a homeless man who had a prepaid cell phone. The
article made me really appreciate cell phones and believe that they can do so
much good for this world because this homeless man may be able to change
his life around since he has a cell phone. He would be able to keep in contact
with businesses and maybe even be able to find a job one day to get himself
off of the streets. This story really caught my attention and I was inspired to
think how cell phones are really impacted our society in every aspect. The
only thing that cell phones do not feature currently is being able to watch live
television but I believe that will definitely be in store for the future. The
creation of mobile phone television is already in process of being created and I
cannot wait to see how this will affect our future society. People use other
program viewers such as Netflix to stream different movies and television
shows on their cell phones. In the future, there will be a mobile television that
will make it easier for viewers to stream television from their cell phone. If
people were not already glued to their phones, now they will be carrying it
everywhere they go because everything they could possibly want they will
have access to.

Another futurist quality that cell phones might have is that they will be able to
have projections. They will be equipped with a rotating screen and built-in
projector. This would be a great feature for people in the business world
because they will be able to have everything that they need for their
presentation right in their cell phone. Otherwise, they would have to carry a
flash drive or email themselves the presentation that they will be
projecting .Cell phones have created a multitasking ability that was never
possibly before. People are able to text message, web search, and listen to
music all at the same time. There are endless possibilities when it comes to
cell phones and I think that the future of cell phones is going to be incredible.
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going to keep advancing to keep up with this ever-changing society we live in.

II.
III. LIMITATIONS
The scale that was used to measure mobile use was not
standardized. In addition, only percentage analyses were carried
out there was no use of higher order statistics.
IV. SUGGESTIONS
Future study may be conducted by using variables such as
personality, mental health and so on. Study may be conducted to
test rural urban differences in mobile use. The scale may be
standardized so that it will become psychometrically sound.
V. IMPLICATIONS
The present study will be useful to the educators to find out the
mobile addiction and accordingly measures can be taken. The
study will also be useful to the marketing professionals and
internet data service providers as they can use the findings of the
present study and accordingly improve upon the service.
But in spite of this it can be said that it is one of the useful studies
related to mobile use among youth. It will help the researchers to
conduct the future research on the basis of the present findings
and in that sense the study assumes importance.

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