Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample (n = 510).

Variables	Items	Frequency	Percentage
Age	18–27	204	40.0
	28–37	186	36.5
	38–47	84	16.5
	48–57	36	7.0
Gender	Male	277	54.3
	Female	233	45.7
Marital status	Single	240	47.1
	Married	270	52.9
Religion	Islam	482	94.5
	Christian	23	4.5
	Other	5	1.0
Level of education	Able to read and write	31	6.0
	Secondary and high school	87	17.1
	Diploma	104	20.4
	Bachelor	204	40.0
	Master and doctoral	84	16.5
Residence area	Sulaymaniyah	255	50.0
	Erbil	118	23.0
	Duhok	70	13.8
	Halabja	67	13.2