CHAPTER 4

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

I. Descriptive statistics

Descriptive statistics is very important for the analysis of primary data. Basic descriptive
statistics for the analysis are central tendency, measures of dispersion, percentiles etc. In this,
study has used basic central tendency of mean and measures of dispersion; standard
deviation.

4.1 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS

TABLE 4.1

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS

Percentage analysis is used to show the demographic details of the respondents

PARTICULARS CATEGORY FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

Gender Male 41 67.2 %
Female 20 32.8 %
Up to 20 years 10 16.4 %
Age 20-40 22 36.1 %
40-60 22 36.1 %
Above 60 7 11.5 %
Marital status Married 40 65.6 %
Un married 21 34.4 %
Urban 11 18.0 %
Area of residence Semi-urban 26 42.6 %
Rural 24 39.3 %
Type of family Nuclear 50 82.0 %
Joint 11 18.0 %
Up to school level 24 39.3 %
Education status UG degree/Diploma 24 39.3 %
Post graduation(PG) 7 11.5 %
Profession 6 9.8 %

INTERPRETATION:

The above demographic table shows that the details of the respondents related to the gender,
age, marital status, area of residence, type of family and educational status.

Out of 61 respondents 41 respondents (67.2%) are male and 20 respondents (32.8%) are
female
16.4% of the respondents including the age group of below 20 years and 36.1% are including
the age group of the 20-40. 36.1% are included in 40-60 years and only 11.5% are including
age group of above 60.

Out of 61 respondents 65.6% of respondents are married and other 34.4% are unmarried.

18.0% respondents (11) are lives in urban area and 42.6% are lives in semi-urban area and
39.3% are lives in rural area

82.0% are come from nuclear family and only 18.0% are come from joint family.

39.3% of respondents have UG degree or diploma qualification and the same percentage of
respondents have even school level education.11.5% of respondents are holding post
graduation and only 9.8% of respondents are professionally qualified.

TABLE 4.2

OCCUPATION OF THE RESPONDENT OF STUDY

Occupation No. of respondent Percentage

Public sector employee 5 8.2%
Pvt sector employee 9 14.8%
Business/Profession 9 14.8%
Students 12 19.7%
Agriculture 7 11.5%
Others 19 31.1%
TOTAL 61 100%
Percentage analysis is used to show the type teacher was the respondents

CHART 4.2.1

Occupational status
Public sector employee Pvt sector employee Business/Profession
Student Agriculture Others

8%
31% 15%

15%
11%
20%
INTERPRETATION

The diagram shows that the majority of the respondents that is 31%, are from none of the
above 5 category and 20% of the respondents are students. Both business or profession and
pvt sector employees are 15% of total respondents. 11% respondents are from agricultural
sector and only 8% of respondents are from public sector.

TABLE 4.3

MONTHLY INCOME LEVEL OF THE RESPONDENT

Monthly income No. of respondent Percentage

Below 20000 22 36.1
20000-40000 24 39.3
40000-60000 12 19.7
Above 60000 3 4.9
Total 61 100.0

CHART 4.3.1

Monthly income
30

25

20

15

10

0
Below 20000 20000-40000 40000-60000 Above 60000

No. of respondent

INTERPRETATION
The result shows that the majority of the respondents that is 39.3% are the monthly income
group between 20000 and 40000.36.1% are below 20000 income group.19.7% of respondents
are coming under the income group between 40000 and 60000.Only 4.3% of respondents are
the income group of above 60000.

TABLE 4.4

NO.OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS OF RESPONDENT

No. of connections No. of respondent Percentage

One connection only 18 29.5%
Two connections 26 42.6%
More than 2 17 27.9%
Total 61 100.0%

CHART 4.4.1

Electrical connections
30

25

20
Axis Title

15

10 No. of respondent

0
One Two More than
connection connections 2
only

INTREPRETATION

Out of 61 respondents 42.6% (26 respondents) have two electrical connections.29.5%

respondents have only one electrical connection and only 27.9% of respondents have more
than two connections.
4.2 GENDER AND AWARENESS ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTS

Chi-square test is used to know the association between gender and respondent’s awareness
about solar energy products.

HYPOTHESIS

H0: There is no association between awareness about solar energy products and gender

GENDER AND AWARENESS ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTS

TABLE 4.5

INTERPRETATION

TABLE 4.6

SOURCES OF AWARENESS ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTS

Sources of awareness No of respondent Percentage

News paper 8 13.1%
Relatives 17 27.9%
Publications 12 19.7%
Social media 11 18.0%
Internet 7 11.5%
Others 6 9.8%
Total 61 100%
 CHART 4.6.1

Sources of awareness

10% 13%
News paper
11% Relatives
Publications
28%
18% Social media
Internet
Others
20%

INTERPRETATION

Out of 61 respondents, the result shows that majority of respondents get awareness about
solar energy products from their relatives that are 27.9%. 19.7% of respondents get awareness
from different types of publications and 18.0% of respondents are get awareness from
different types of social media applications.13.1% respondents are award about solar energy
products from newspapers and only 11.5% get awareness from internet and 9.8% get
awareness from other sources.

TABLE 4.7

LEVEL OF AWARENESS ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTS

Level of awareness No of respondent Percentage

Very high 5 8.2%
High 20 32.8%
Moderate 23 37.7%
Low 6 9.8%
Very low 7 11.5%
Total 61 100%
 Level of awareness
Very high High Moderate Low Very low

11% 8%

10%

33%

38%

INTREPRETATION

Out of 61 respondents, 37.7% of respondents have moderate level of awareness about solar
energy products and 32.8% have high level of awareness.11.5% of respondents have very low
level of awareness about solar energy products and 9.8% have low level of awareness. Only
8.2% of respondents are very highly award about solar energy products.