In a recent survey conducted on the lifestyle of men and women, by a team of 15 students pursuing diploma in the visual communication in the city-based Softview Visual Communication, Chennai, the results were shocking because they turned upside down our opinion that we hitherto had about the womenfolk in Tamil Nadu.
In Tamil Nadu more women are reportedly consuming more alcohol as compared to their male counterparts. A survey among 1000 persons aged over 18 years has revealed that about 32 percent women consume alcohol in the state, as compared to about 26 percent of men.
According to the head of the survey team Mr.Vinothkumar, the percentage of 32.13 of women and 26.29 of men belong to all economic sections.While some of the interviewees attributed physical and mental stress as the reason for consuming alcohol, and a few from the upper strata of society stated that they gulp liquor to maintain their status in the society.
While 42.67 % men smoke, 22.62 % women smoke as per their survey.Women outnumber men in gambling, while about 7 % of women are involved in gambling against 6 % by men.
About 55.41 % women have attributed television and 56.07 % love for creating greater impact on them physiologically compared to 30.31 % and 43.16 % men respectively.
More women believe in God (99.34 %) than their male counterparts who constitute 69.36 %
Most of the interviewees have urged the state government to start counseling centres to advise people about the ill effects of consuming alcohol and using tobacco, as reported by Mr.Anto Peter, Director, Soft View Visual Communications.
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