Sample & demographics Research brief
Urban and rural in the sample
Geographic setting of respondents and its interpretive weight.
On the question “Geographic Setting”, the modal answer is Rural Panchayat, chosen by 80.7% of respondents (322 of 399). The next-largest answer, Semi-Urban / Municipality, accounts for 16% (64), a gap of 64.7 percentage points.
Key figures
- 80.7% (322 of 399) answered Rural Panchayat on “Geographic Setting”.
- The top two answers are separated by 64.7 percentage points, and the smallest category still covers 13 respondents.
- Findings describe this community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents, not Kerala's youth population.
Figures & data tables#
Figures are drawn directly from the primary response counts; each carries its full data table and an embed snippet.
Geographic Setting
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്
അർദ്ധ-നഗരം / മുൻസിപ്പാലിറ്റി
നഗരസഭ / കോർപ്പറേഷൻ
Data table
| Response | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Panchayat | 322 | 80.7% |
| Semi-Urban / Municipality | 64 | 16% |
| Urban Corporation | 13 | 3.3% |
| Total answered | 399 | 100% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/kerala-gen-z-survey-2026">The Kerala Gen Z Report 2026</a>, Moyan AI.</p>What the primary figure shows#
The full distribution for “Geographic Setting” (n = 399) is: Rural Panchayat — 80.7% (322); Semi-Urban / Municipality — 16% (64); Urban Corporation — 3.3% (13).
The cohort is clearly concentrated on this question. A single option carries 80.7% of responses, so the headline figure is stable enough to plan against. The smallest recorded answer, Urban Corporation, still represents 13 people — a group large enough to matter in programme design even at 3.3%.
Limits of this evidence#
The sample is a community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents surveyed between 21 May and 28 June 2026. Figures describe this cohort; they are not state-level prevalence estimates and should not be reported as such.
The composition of the sample also shapes the totals: 74.4% of respondents fall in the older student and early-career band, and 72.7% identify as male. Any reading by gender, district or occupation needs disaggregated fieldwork this instrument was not designed to deliver.
The instrument records one moment in time, so nothing here identifies a cause or a trend. Statements about mechanism in this brief are interpretive and flagged as such.
Questions readers ask#
- Geographic Setting? (Kerala Gen Z Survey 2026)
- 80.7% of 399 respondents answered Rural Panchayat, followed by Semi-Urban / Municipality at 16%. Full distribution: Rural Panchayat — 80.7% (322); Semi-Urban / Municipality — 16% (64); Urban Corporation — 3.3% (13).
- How many people answered this question?
- All 399 respondents in the Kerala Gen Z Survey 2026 answered this item.
- Can these figures be generalised to all Kerala youth?
- No. The survey is a community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents surveyed between 21 May and 28 June 2026, so the figures describe this cohort rather than the state's youth population.
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Every figure in this brief comes from the The Kerala Gen Z Report 2026 response sheet. The full aggregate dataset, codebook and methodology are open: open data · methodology.
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Community Leadership and Social Change Program Research Scholars & Valakkulam, Y. (2026). Urban and rural in the sample. Moyan Journal of Community & Society, Volume 1, Issue 1. Department of Graduate Institute, DHI University (DHIU), India; published by Moyan AI. https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/research/urban-rural-split-kerala-gen-z-surveyReference manager
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