Table 3.
Association of Knowledge with Participants’ Demographic Characteristics
| Variables | Level of Knowledge | X2 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Knowledge N (%) | Knowledgeable N (%) | |||
| Nationality | 0.031 | 0.85 | ||
| Saudi | 976 | 336 | ||
| 74.4% | 25.6% | |||
| Non-Saudi | 6 | 22 | ||
| 72.7% | 27.3% | |||
| Age | ||||
| <19 | 32 | 5 | 9.591 | 0.088 |
| 86.5% | 13.5% | |||
| 20–29 | 342 | 135 | ||
| 71.7% | 28.3% | |||
| 30–39 | 224 | 79 | ||
| 73.9% | 26.1% | |||
| 40–49 | 225 | 82 | ||
| 73.3% | 26.7% | |||
| 50–59 | 116 | 10 | ||
| 78.9% | 15.9% | |||
| >60 | 53 | 10 | ||
| 84.1% | 15.9% | |||
| Region | ||||
| Northern | 322 | 90 | 14.767 | 0.005* |
| 78.2% | 21.8% | |||
| Middle | 147 | 57 | ||
| 72.1% | 27.9% | |||
| Eastern | 62 | 41 | ||
| 60.2% | 39.8% | |||
| Western | 154 | 49 | ||
| 75.9% | 24.1% | |||
| Southern | 307 | 105 | ||
| 74.5% | 25.5% | |||
| Marital status | 0.845 | 0.358 | ||
| Not married | 449 | 145 | ||
| 75.6% | 24.4% | |||
| Married | 543 | 197 | ||
| 73.4% | 26.6% | |||
| Educational level | 10.613 | 0.001* | ||
| Less than a bachelor’s degree | 478 | 130 | ||
| 78.6% | 21.4% | |||
| Bachelor’s degree and above | 514 | 212 | ||
| 70.8% | 29.2% | |||
| Average family income | 34.435 | <0.001* | ||
| Less than 5999 | 258 | 69 | ||
| 78.9% | 21.1% | |||
| 6000 to 10,999 | 281 | 86 | ||
| 76.6% | 23.4% | |||
| 11,000 to 15,999 | 191 | 64 | ||
| 74.9% | 25.1% | |||
| 16,000 to 19,999 | 77 | 48 | ||
| 61.6% | 38.4% | |||
| More than 20,000 | 56 | 43 | ||
| 56.6% | 43.4% | |||
| Unstable | 129 | 32 | ||
| 80.1% | 19.9% | |||
Note: *P-value < 0.05.