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. 2024 Dec 21;16(12):e76146. doi: 10.7759/cureus.76146

Table 1. Demographic factors of the participants.

Variables Count n%
Gender Male 179 46.1%
Female 209 53.9%
Age (years) 18-20 132 34.0%
21-23 132 34.0%
24-26 111 28.6%
27-29 9 2.3%
30 or older 4 1.0%
Educational level 1st year 105 27.1%
2nd year 42 10.8%
3rd year 59 15.2%
4th year 56 14.4%
5th year 59 15.2%
6th year 29 7.5%
Intern 38 9.8%
College College of Health Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Laboratories, Health Informatics) 141 36.3%
College of Human Sciences (Arabic/English, History, Geography) 37 9.5%
College of Science (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Biology) 41 10.6%
Faculty of Sharia (Sharia, Islamic Studies, Regulations and Law) 45 11.6%
College of Computer Engineering and Science 69 17.8%
College of Business Administration 51 13.1%
Other 4 1.0%
Region Central region 82 21.1%
Northern region 74 19.1%
Southern region 63 16.2%
Eastern region 100 25.8%
Western region 69 17.8%
Have you received formal education (formal education means: education by schools, universities, or official awareness bodies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) or information about the dangers of exposure to sunlight? No 167 43.0%
Yes 158 40.7%
Not sure 63 16.2%