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No.
%
Digambara vet mbara Total 27
36
63
57,4%
42,6% 100%
Nuns
Lay Male Followers
Digambara vet mbara Total
10
108
8,5%
100%
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Lay Female Followers
Digambara vet mbara Total
5
125
120 96,0% 100%
4,0%
Urban Area
98
91,5%
Area-Wise Distribution of Cases
AgeGroup 21-30 31-40 41-50
4
3
3
1,1
0,8
0,8
More people from the urban areas take to the vow of Voluntary Peaceful Death' as compared to those from the rural areas. This is probably due to the fact that firstly, the people from the urban areas are; generally, more conscious and can appreciate the spiritual benefit that might accrue from such a practice. Secondly, as compared to the villages, better support by way of continued presence of the monks and nuns and other infrastructure is available in the towns.
Age-Group-Wise Distribution of Cases
Rural Area
Number
% Number %
Number %
220 62,9% 13 37,1% 350 100%
Total
51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 >100 Total 14 135 28 350 38,9 8,0 100
4,0
52
99
17,0 28,3
Average age (at the time of death) of the sample group: 77 years and four months. The model age group of the distribution is 81-90. This is the age group in which maximum number of cases of Sam dhimara a occurs. The medium age group is 71-80. The mean deviation of the distribution is 3.1. The Standard Deviation of the distribution is 12.4 meaning that the distribution is quite deviated from normal. This is quite apparent from the graph, which is far from the bell-shaped curve of normal distribution. This is quite logical also as the practitioners of Sam dhimara a are generally in higher age groups and the distribution has to be heavily skewed towards that direction.
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