Shaikat Mondal|Himel Mondal
Online Pornography Seeking Behavior and Its Relation to Literacy Rate and Financial Status of Indian States
Raiganj University|Government Medical College and Hospital
background pornography become widely accessible due popularization smartphones internet connectivity consuming pornography multiple effects individual society research question pornographyseeking behavior correlation education financial status indian states objective find online pornographyseeking behavior indian internet users according states find correlation literacy level per capita net state domestic product nsdp methods trends internet search pornographyrelated keywords namely porn xxx xvideos sex obtained public domain httpstrendsgooglecomtrends statewise relative search volumes compared literacy rate nsdp state pearson correlation coefficients calculated help graphpad prism 601 graphpad software inc california usa p lt 05 considered statistically significant results northeastern states showed higher volume overall online pornography searches significant correlation literacy rate relative search volumes pornographyrelated keywords overall pornographyrelated search volume showed significant negative r 049 p 003 correlation nsdp conclusion online pornography seeking behaviors indian states related literacy rate state higher volume searches states lower nsdp underlying factors finding explored future study