Now a days mobile phones have become an indispensable tool as communication plays a key role in all the aspects of life. It has become an essential accessory carried by everybody not only because they make it easy to keep in touch with people but because of the various facilities they offer especially the internet. The charm of mobile phone is more among young generation and the increasing use may result in dependence. Aim was to study the usage pattern and dependence of mobile phones among college students. A cross sectional study conducted among 200 UG students and studied the pattern of usage of mobile phones, common problems encountered and its dependence using a questionnaire. Using Statistical tools we anyalised the data and our study shows Samsung mobile brand is more popular among the studens and they are mostly preferred the Idea’ Sim card company students. The proportion of students in urban area are spend maximum time as compared to rural area for use of mobile phone, mostly students use mobile phones for calling and Internet.
Mobile phone, Facilities, Graphical Representation, Large Test, Level of Significance, ANOVA
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