Results were completed on the sample that consisted of 50 resilient and 50
vulnerable nominated by different NGOs. The characteristics of sample are depicted in
table 1, which indicates that while the resilient group has almost equal distribution of
gender, the vulnerable group is skewed to male. While the resilient group fairly
represented all levels of education starting from high school to graduation, the
distribution of the Vulnerables is unequal with majority having only high school
education. Thus, the sample characteristics of invulnerable and Vulnerables were found
to be different where the Vulnerables were predominantly male, below 18 years, and with
education up to high school level. On the other hand the representation in terms of
gender, age and qualification among the resilient were comparable. Since the sample
selection was purposive and based on beyond academic and social competence, there was
no exercise of control on the incidental characteristics like gender age and qualification.