Table 1. Family characteristics of study respondents, Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia.
Family characteristics | No. | % |
Family size | ||
3-4 | 130 | 36.9 |
5-7 | 173 | 49.1 |
>7 | 49 | 13.9 |
Siblings | ||
1 | 33 | 9.4 |
2 | 92 | 26.1 |
3 | 24 | 6.8 |
4+ | 203 | 57.7 |
Parents are alive | ||
Yes, both | 328 | 93.2 |
Only mother | 19 | 5.4 |
Only father | 5 | 1.4 |
Parents divorced | ||
Yes | 26 | 7.4 |
No | 326 | 92.6 |
Mother work | ||
Housewife | 196 | 55.7 |
Working | 156 | 44.3 |
Mother education | ||
Below secondary | 43 | 12.2 |
Secondary | 77 | 21.9 |
University/postgraduate | 232 | 65.9 |
Father education | ||
Below secondary | 22 | 6.3 |
Secondary | 82 | 23.3 |
University/postgraduate | 248 | 70.5 |
Monthly income (in Saudi Riyals) | ||
<5000 | 32 | 9.1 |
5000-10,000 | 114 | 32.4 |
>10,000 | 206 | 58.5 |
There is another caregiver for a child other than the parents, a maid or servant | ||
Yes | 103 | 29.3 |
No | 249 | 70.7 |
Home | ||
Owned | 267 | 75.9 |
Rented | 85 | 24.1 |
Age of the parent participated | ||
≤25 years | 142 | 40.3 |
26-35 years | 127 | 36.1 |
36-45 years | 54 | 15.3 |
46-55 years | 23 | 6.5 |
≥56 years | 6 | 1.7 |