Table 4. Relationship between the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and their awareness level.
1n (%); 2Pearson's chi-squared test; Fisher's exact test; SR: Saudi Riyals
| Awareness level | |||
| Characteristic | Aware, N = 5471 | Not aware, N = 4871 | p value2 |
| Gender | 0.089 | ||
| Female | 411 (75%) | 343 (70%) | |
| Male | 136 (25%) | 144 (30%) | |
| Age (years) | 0.2 | ||
| 18-24 | 278 (51%) | 224 (46%) | |
| 25-34 | 148 (27%) | 135 (28%) | |
| 35-44 | 82 (15%) | 80 (16%) | |
| 45-54 | 28 (5.1%) | 41 (8.4%) | |
| 55-64 | 10 (1.8%) | 5 (1.0%) | |
| 65 and above | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.4%) | |
| Nationality | 0.005 | ||
| Non-Saudi | 10 (1.8%) | 24 (4.9%) | |
| Saudi | 537 (98%) | 463 (95%) | |
| Level of education | <0.001 | ||
| Primary | 1 (0.2%) | 5 (1.0%) | |
| Intermediate | 11 (2.0%) | 14 (2.9%) | |
| Secondary | 100 (18%) | 132 (27%) | |
| Bachelors | 380 (69%) | 252 (52%) | |
| Others | 55 (10%) | 84 (17%) | |
| Occupation | <0.001 | ||
| Employed | 126 (23%) | 113 (23%) | |
| Housewife | 59 (11%) | 57 (12%) | |
| Private business | 30 (5.5%) | 49 (10%) | |
| Student | 239 (44%) | 158 (32%) | |
| Retired | 93 (17%) | 110 (23%) | |
| Income level | 0.024 | ||
| Less than 5000 SR | 328 (60%) | 279 (57%) | |
| 5000-10,000 SR | 101 (18%) | 121 (25%) | |
| 10,000-15,000 SR | 83 (15%) | 52 (11%) | |
| More than 15,000 SR | 35 (6.4%) | 35 (7.2%) | |
| Source of information | <0.001 | ||
| From my curriculum | 128 (23%) | 20 (4.1%) | |
| Friends/relatives | 30 (5.5%) | 25 (5.1%) | |
| I have not heard about it before | 282 (52%) | 362 (74%) | |
| Others | 54 (9.9%) | 34 (7.0%) | |
| Social media | 53 (9.7%) | 46 (9.4%) | |