Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 04
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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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% Page 427 of 556 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. 4 1,1 STUDY NOTES version 4.0

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