COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT
ON
MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND ITS PERCEIVED ILL HEALTH EFFECTS
PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF VOCATIONAL
WEB TECHNOLOGY
GELLA SAILAJA
2216414
Under the Guidance of
SRI.H.DEVARAJ
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) RAJAHMUNDRY
ACCREDIATED WITH ‘A+’ BY NAAC IN RAF-2017
(AFFILIATED TO ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY)
RAJAHMAHENDRAVARAM
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE(AUTONOMOUS) RAJAHMUNDRY ACCREDIATED
WITH ‘A+’ BY NAAC IN RAF-2017
CERTIFICATE
This is certify that Mr.K.SYAM Department of Computer Science, Government Autonomous College,Rajahmundry
has successfully completed Community Service Project work on “MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND ITS
PERCEIVED ILL HEALTH EFFECTS ” during the academic years 2022- 2023.
SRI. D. SEETHA RAMULU
Project mentor Head of the Department
Department of computer science
Government College(Autonomous)
Rajahmundry
Valued By
1.
2.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am thankful to SRI. D. SEETHA RAMULU for his valuable guidance through the progress of project
I express my deep sense of gratitude to SRI. D. SEETHA RAMULU Head of the Department for
providingthe necessary facilities for my project work
I’m thankful to the respondents for help and support throughout the project
My heartful thanks to my family and friends for helping us throughout the project
RAJAHMUNDRY
JULY 2022
INDEX
Topic Page No
S.No
1 1.1 Introduction 5
2 1.2 Objectives Of Study 6
3 1.3 Scope Of Study 6
4 1.4 Methodology 6
5 1.5 Data Interpretation And Analysis: 6
TABLES
6 Table1: Demographic profile of respondents 7
7 Table2: Classification of Respondents based on Location 8
8 Table3: Democratic Profile Of Respondents Based on Marital status 9
9 Table4: Classification Of Respondents Based On Age 10
10 Table5: Classification Of Respondents Based On Education 11
11 Table6:Classification Of Respondents Based On Profession 12
12 Table7: Classification Of Respondents Based On Income 13
13 Table 8 : Awareness On Retail Payment Products 14
14 15
Table9 :Preferences Regarding Use Of Digital Wallets
15 16
Table10 : Analysis For Amount Of Transactions
16 17
Table11: Preferences Of Respondents
17 Table12: No. Of People Share Password/Otp/Pin 18
18 1.6 Observations 19
19 1.7 Conclusions 19
20 Awareness Campaign 24
MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND ITS PERCEIVED ILL HEALTH EFFECTS
Introduction:
Now-a-days, the numbers of smart phone users are increasing day-by-day all over the world.
Mobile phones have multiple functions apart from calling, which also include mobile gaming,
streaming music, photo & video sharing on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
WhatsApp and etc. Increased rate of mobile phone usage affects the health of the people. The
effects may include neck pain, painful fingers, morning tiredness,headache, eye symptoms,
hypertension & etc.
Community Survey Project (CSP) was conducted in RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM (Latitude:
16.840046 and Longitude: 82.02459), East Godavari District,. This survey is conducted regarding
the Mobile phone usage and its perceived ill health effects.
I.PANGIDI
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY:
• To analyze the household awareness regarding Mobile phone usage and
its perceived ill health effects in RAMACHANDRAPURAM in urban and
rural areas.
• To evaluate the perception of usage Mobile phone among households.
To examine the uses and effects of using Mobile phones.
SCOPE OF STUDY:
This study is aimed at understanding the Mobile phone usage and its perceived ill health
effects in RAMACHANDRAPURAM-533255 (Lat 16.840046 , Long 82.024259),in R
RAMACHANDRAPURAM from 18-05-2022 to 07-06-2022.
This study will provide valuable insights to understand the Mobile phone usage and
its perceived ill health effects and we can also get to know their satisfaction level by
using Mobile phone.
METHODOLOGY:
Source of Data Collection:
The data was collected through a structured questionnaire & it was approved by the
Department of Computer science, Govt (A) Degree College, Rajahmundry. Sample unit:
General public
Sample size: 40
DATA INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS:
Questionnaire was filled by 40 respondents in order to find out their views regarding
Mobile phone usage and its health effects
Table1:
Categories Count Percentage
Gender Male 18 45%
Female 22 55%
Total 40 100%
RESPONDENTS
45%
Male
Female
55%
Democratic profile of
Respondents.
Table2:
Classification of Respondents Based on Location.
Categories Count Percentage
Urban 18 36.5%
Location
Rural 22 63.5%
Total 40 100%
45 40
40
35 22
30
25
20 18
15
10
Urban Rural Total
Classification of Respondents Based on Location
Table3:
Classification of Respondents Based on Marital Status.
Categories Count Percentage
Unmarried 11 36.5
Marital Status
Married 38 61.5%
Widow 1 1.9%
MARITAL STATUS OF RESPONDANCE
Table4:
Classification of Respondents Based on Age.
Categories Count Percentage
Below 20 15 25%
20 – 40 13 50%
Age
40 – 60 7 17.3%
Above 60 5 7.7
Total 40 100%
Demographic profile of Age
Below 20
20-40
40-60
Above 60
Table5:
Categories Count Percentage
Upto 5th 3 5.7%
6th to 10th 9 17.3%
Education
Secondary 12 23%
Higher Secondary 9 17.3%
Graduate 10 19.2%
Post Graduate 7 13.4%
and above
Illiterates 2 3.8%
Classification of Respondents Based on Education.
Demographic
profile of
Educati
Table6:
Demographic profile of Education
Table7:
Table8:
Classification of Respondents Based on Profession.
Demographic Representation of Profession
Categories Count Percentage
Below 1 lakh 14 26.9%
Table9:
1 lakh – 2 lakh 10 19.2%
Income 2 lakh – 4 lakh 15 28.8%
Above 4 lakh 13 25%
Classification of Respondents Based on Income.
Table10:
Demographic Profile Of Income
Table9:
Products/Services No. of Percentage
Respondents
Sending Money 12 23%
Bill Payments 2 3.8%
Shopping 5 9.6%
Booking tickets 4 7.6%
Hotel/Restaurants/Petrol/ 1 1.9%
Taxi
Food Ordering Apps 6 11.5%
Mobile/ TV Recharge 7 13.4%
Groceries 4 7.6%
Non – Financial 6 11.5%
Not using Digital Payments 5 9.6%
Table11:
Preferences Regarding Use of MOBILE PHONES
From the data, many of the respondents are using digital
payment products for sending money, booking tickets, food
ordering apps and groceries.
Table12:
TABLE 10: HEALTH
ISSUES OF
HOUSEHOLDS
Sno Health issues Yes No
1 Do you currently suffer from headache 11 59
2 Do you currently suffer from eye strain 00 67
3 Do you currently suffer from eye watering 00 70
4 Do you currently suffer from ear pain 00 70
5 Pain or stiffness at the base of the finger 02 68
6 Difficulty in moving your fingers when you 00 70
wake up in the morning
7 A clicking noise when you try to move your 00 70
thumb
8 Do you currently suffer from elbow pain 00 70
9 Do you currently suffer from neck pain 03 67
Table13:
Table14:
FINDINGS:
Table15:
On the basis of the questionnaire that was administered to 70
respondents the findings were as follows:
1. Most of the people were using smart phones than the
basic phones, it is an example that the technology has
developed a little more than before.
2. As per the survey, the first priority of respondents for
using their mobile phones is for communication
purposes and then for entertainment purposes for
comes as second priority.
3. And then for entertainment purposes which comes as
second priority.
4. Few illiterates have started using smart phones for
different purposes like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram
and etc.
5. Most of the mobile phone users are suffering from
Neck pain, headache and eye strain.
Conclusions:
It is so evident that from this survey, the usage of the
internet and social media through mobile phones
has increased in the community.
Table16:
Social networking like WhatsApp, Facebook, and
YouTube was more used by both literates and
illiterates in this community. Some of the perceived
ill health effects are also common among the
population.
An awareness program was conducted regarding the
Mobile phone usage and its perceived ill health
effects.
In the awareness program, we have explained about
the blue light that emits from our mobile phones
which affects the vision by killing the photoreceptor
cells in the retina.
The effects of mobile phone usage, the maximum
time duration for using the
mobile phone and the preventatives for the effects
caused by the Mobile phone usage.
Table17:
SURVEY PROJECT
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Table18:
Table19:
Survey conducted on 1 2 /02/2022
Table20:
Survey conducted on
1 2 /02/2022
Survey conducted on 1 2
/02/2022
Table21:
Survey conducted on 1 2 /02/2022
Table22:
Survey conducted on 1 2 /02/2022
Table23:
Survey conducted on 1
2 /02/2022
Table24:
Survey conducted on 1 2 /02/2022
Table25:
Survey conducted on 1 2 /02/2022
Table26:
Survey conducted on 1 2 /02/2022
Table27:
Table28:
Annexture
A survey on Consumer perception towards cashless
transactions, Electrical appliance use and energy
consumption, Retail payment habits of Individual and
Mobile phone usage and its ill health effects.
Household personnel profile:
1
.
2
.
3
.
4
.
5
.
6
.
7
.
Table29:
Name of the Respondent
Door no:
No. of house hold members
Main Structure of the house
(Mark only one oval.)
RCC
Slate
Terracotta
Hut
Site Area
Table30:
Construction Area
Table31:
Table32:
Type of house
(Mark only one oval.)
8
.
9
.
1
0.
1
1.
1
2.
1
3.
Table33:
Independent house
Bungalow
Multi store apartment
No of bed rooms and other rooms
Monthly electricity consumption
Electricity account information
Age
Gender
Table34:
(Mark only one oval)
Male Female Other
Educational qualification of Respondent
(Mark only one oval)
Upto5th
6thto 10th
Secondary
Higher Secondary
Graduate
Post Graduate and above
Illiterate
14. Occupation of the Respondent
(Mark only one oval)
Self Employed
Business Owner
Daily worker
Retired Person
Student
Home maker
Government
Others
15. Annual Income
16. Address
17. City/Location Name
18. Location
Urban
19. Marital status
(Mark only one oval)
Married
Unmarried
Widow
Energy consumption details:
20. Energy used other than electricity
(Check all that apply)
Liquefied petroleum gas
Kerosene
Coal
Biomass
Solar
None
21. House Hold sources of energy for cooking
(Check all that apply)
Liquefied Petroleum
Gas Electric Rice cooker
Induction stove
Wood Charcoal
Firewood
22. Type of Lights used
(Check all that apply)
Tube Lights
LED Bulbs
CFL Lights
23. No. of bulbs used
24. No. of fans used
25. No. of Refrigerators used
26. Refrigerator power rating
(Mark only one oval)
2 3 4 5
1 Extremelyhigh
Low
27. Average No. of hours bulbs used per day
28. Average No. of hours fans used per day
29. No. of Air Conditioners used
2 3 4 5
Extremelyhigh
30. Air Conditioner power rating
(Mark only one oval)
.
1
Low
31. Air conditioner capacity
(Mark only one oval)
1Tonn
1.5Tonn
2Tonn
Above2Tonn
None
32. What is the average temperature setting for Air Conditioner in your home?
33. Air Conditioner Frequency of use(Average time of use)
34. How of ten do you use ceiling fan while using Air
Condoner in thermo
Never
Sometimes
Always
Domestic hot water
(Mark only one oval)
Electric water heater
Solar water heater
None
No. of Electric water heaters used
Electric waters heater power rating
(Mark only one oval)
1 2 3 4 5
Low Extremelyhigh
Electric water heater time of use
Do you have Inverter battery system
(Mark only YE NO one oval)
Yes S
Solar Lanterns
Emergency lights
Solar mini grid connection
Kerosene lamp /Lanterns
No
40. Electric water heater time of use
41. Do you have Inverter battery system
(Mark only one oval)
Yes No
42. No. of Televisions used
43. Average No. of hours Televisions used per day
44. Does your house hold use any of the following sources of lighting?
Mark only one oval perrow.
45. Do you have solar home system
(Mark only one oval)
Yes
No
46. Capacity of Solar System
47. How many years have you been using solar home system in your house
48. Why you do not have solar system
(Check all that apply)
Don't need it inner future It is expensive
Have you doubts about electricity savings from It Have doubts about system quality
Do not know any locally available company for this
Do not know how to get a loan for it
Do not have space for it
49. No. of phones used
50. Type of Phone used
(Mark only one oval)
Basic model
Smart Phone
51. No .of SIMS used
52. Time of usage during day time
53. Time of usage during night time
54. No. of years used
55. Reason for using mobile phones
(Check all that apply)
Calling
Browsing
Internet
Facebook
YouTube
Reading
Instagram
Whatsapp
Email
Online Shopping
Browsing Movies
IMO calling
General pictures
Selfie pictures
Retail management habits of individual:
5 Your awareness on digital payment products (can tick more than one):
6.
Check all that apply.
Debit/credit card Net Banking
NEFT/RTGS
Mobile banking BHIMUPI
Prepaid cards ,mobile wallets IMPS
Others
5 How did you come to know about digital
7.
payments
5
8.
(Mark only one
oval). Banks
Non- banks
Friends
Advertisement
News
Others
How do you generally receive the money (most of the time)for your regular
expenses
(Check all that apply)
Cash Cheque
Digital mode
5 In order of preference(1/2/3;1beingthemostused),which mode
9. have you used in making payments, say in the last one or two
a months?(inter ms of transactions)
. First preference
(Mark only one oval)
b
.
c
.
Cash
Cheque
Digital
mode
Second preference
(Mark only one oval)
Cash Cheque
Digital mode
Third preference
(Markonlyoneoval)
Cash Cheque
Digital mode
How much proportion of major payment is done by your first preference?
Markonlyoneoval.
<50%
50-70%
70-90%
>90%
Other
Amount of transaction(in Rs.)Below100
(Mark only one oval)
Cash
Cheque Digital
mode
Amount of transaction(in Rs.)100to200
6
2.
(Mark only
one
oval)
Cash
6
3.
6
4.
6
5.
6
6.
Cheque
Digitalmode
Amount of transaction(in Rs.) 200-500
(Mark only one oval)
Cash Cheque
Digital mode
Amount of transaction (in Rs.)500-2000
(Mark only one oval)
Cash
Cheque
Digital mode
Amount of transaction(in Rs.)2000-5000
(Mark only one oval)
Cash
Cheque
Digital mode
Amount of transaction(in Rs.)above5000
(Mark only one oval)
Cash
Cheque
Digital mode
6
7.
6
8.
Purpose of digital transactions done by you (can
tick more than one):
(Check all that apply)
Sending money
Bill payment
Shopping
Booking Tickets
Hotel/Restaurants/Petrol pump/Taxi
Payment vide food ordering apps Groceries
Nonfinancial(balancechecking,orderingchequebook,etc.)
Notusing Digital Payments
Other
Preferred mode of digital payment (Can
tick more than one)
Debit/credit card Net
BankingNEFT/RTGS
Mobile banking
BHIMUPI
Prepaidcards,mobilewallet
IMPS
Donotusedigitalpayments
Strongly Disagree Undecided Agree Strongly
disagree Agree
Instant
payments
Reputation of
the company
One stop
shop
Seamless
process
Instant
refunds
Rewards and
offers
Safety
And
security
Strongly Disagree Undecid ed Agree Strongly
disagree Agree
Phone pay/Google pay/Amazon pay/Pay tm
6
9.
7
0.
What is the reason for using above mode of digital payments Mark
only one oval.
Convenience
Offers and Discounts
Trust
Factors in fluencing customer stooge for Digital wallets*
Mark only one oval per row.
71. Factors abstaining consumers to go for digital wallets
Mark only one oval perrow.
Prefer
to
useoth
ercashl
esspay
mento
ptions
Conc
erna
bout
secur
ity
ofdig
ital
paymen
t
s
No
value
of
using
digital
payme
nts
Tec
hnic
al
glitc
hes
Possibil
ity
ofinfor
mationt
heftduri
ngwirel
esstrans
mission
Satisfaction level of digital wallets*
71. only one oval.
Mark
Yes No
Maybe
Any hindrance faced while doing digital
72.payments (can tick more than one)
all that apply)
(Check
Digital transactions take more time / are complex as compared to
cash
Digital transactions are costly as compared to cash
Lesstrustindigitaltransaction(unsafe,risky,declineoftransaction,etc.)
7
3.
?
7
4.
Idonot\
havepaymentproducts(cards,wallets)ordevice(mobile,laptop)LackofPointofSale(PoS)
machines /QR codes/internet connectivity
Uncomfortable/Unfamiliar with digital payments
No major problem faced while doing digital payments
Doyoushareyourpassword/PIN/OTPforcards,bankaccounts,etc.withotherperson
(Mark only one oval)
Yes No
Sometimes
How of ten do you change PIN for your debit/credit card/mobile banking
(Mark only one oval)
Once in a quarter
Never changed
Change only when prompted by the bank /non-banktochangei Other
frequency(in year)
YouropinionaboutusingPIN/OTPforsmallvaluetransactions(UptoRs.2000)
(Mark only one oval)
Yes, because it makes transactions safe
It is an inconvenience
Health issues in households
76. Do you currently suffer from headache
(Mark only one oval)
Yes
No
77. Do you currently suffer from eyes train.
(Mark only one oval)
Yes
No
78. Do you currently suffer from eye watering.
(Mark only one oval)
Yes
No
79. Do you currently suffer from ear pain.
(Mark only one oval)
Yes
No
80. Pain or stiffness at the base of the finger
(Mark only one oval)
Yes
No
82. Difficulty moving your fingers when you
*wakeup in the morning
(Mark only one oval.)
Yes
No
83. A clicking noise when you try to move your
thumb
Mark only one oval.
Yes
No
84. Do you currently suffer from elbow pain* Mark
only one oval.
Yes
85. Do you currently suffer from neck pain* Mark
only one oval.
Yes
No
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