METHODOLOGY

The Hindustan Times-MaRS Monitoring and Research Systems India Youth Survey 2017 was carried out in 16 state capitals and major towns in India, including Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, and Chandigarh in the north; Kolkata, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Ranchi in the east; Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Indore in the west, and Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kochi in the south. Target respondents were both male and female aged between 18 to 25. The total sample size was 5,700 and respondents were undergraduate/postgraduate students or employed. They were regular users of mobile phones and the internet and were active on social networking sites.