In the sampling process the universe which we created for our project is divided

into 3 age groups i;e

12-18 years of age
18-25 years of age
25-30 years of age
The brainstorming besides dividing into 3 groups were that they all belong to
different ages, so they have different reasons for indulging into drugs, they have
different mind sets in respect to maturity, experience and knowledge. Friend group
is different even their position, responsibility and exposure differs from each
other.
The questionnaire which we designed for the age group of 12-18 years was
altogether different from the other age groups. We designed our questions keeping
the realm into consideration. We chosen up this age of people because this is the
initial stage when anyone can fall into the trap of any kind of addiction. During
this age group there is high possibility of getting into any kind of addiction. The
whole thinking for setting up the questionnaire for this age group is more focused
on their academic environment, parents control and peer influence.
While framing the questionnaire for the age group of 18-25 years, our focus of
questions shifted from the academic background to their current relationship and
the professional life they have. People under this age group have more
opportunities to explore around, have a large friend circle, and deals with different
personalities and situations. Even They have a high possibility of getting addicted
to drugs.
Than comes the age group of 25-50 years. People are married during this time, has
a family to take care of, financial and other responsibilities lies on them, so the
questionnaire we made keeping in mind all these things into consideration and
framed the questions such that we can directly relate them to our project and our
aim of understanding drug addicts with these people.
Whether we divided our target populations into 3 age groups still at the back end
our aim was to make them feel comfortable in answering the questions. Drug
addicts in all the 3 age groups were a distinct universe which we created for our
project.