Table 4. The relation between sunscreen usage and demographic factors.
*Significant p-values.
| Demographic factors | How often do you use sunscreen when outdoors? | |||||||||||
| Never | Rarely | Sometime | Most time | Every time | p-Value | |||||||
| Count | n% | Count | n% | Count | n% | Count | n% | Count | n% | |||
| Gender | Male | 80 | 44.7% | 41 | 22.9% | 23 | 12.8% | 27 | 15.1% | 8 | 4.5% | 0.000* |
| Female | 20 | 9.6% | 42 | 20.1% | 62 | 29.7% | 48 | 23.0% | 37 | 17.7% | ||
| Age (years) | 18-20 | 47 | 35.6% | 23 | 17.4% | 21 | 15.9% | 24 | 18.2% | 17 | 12.9% | 0.035* |
| 21-23 | 23 | 17.4% | 32 | 24.2% | 39 | 29.5% | 19 | 14.4% | 19 | 14.4% | ||
| 24-26 | 25 | 22.5% | 27 | 24.3% | 23 | 20.7% | 28 | 25.2% | 8 | 7.2% | ||
| 27-29 | 3 | 33.3% | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 11.1% | 3 | 33.3% | 1 | 11.1% | ||
| 30 or older | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 25.0% | 1 | 25.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Educational level | 1st year | 46 | 43.8% | 16 | 15.2% | 16 | 15.2% | 16 | 15.2% | 11 | 10.5% | 0.000* |
| 2nd year | 8 | 19.0% | 8 | 19.0% | 15 | 35.7% | 4 | 9.5% | 7 | 16.7% | ||
| 3rd year | 8 | 13.6% | 17 | 28.8% | 13 | 22.0% | 13 | 22.0% | 8 | 13.6% | ||
| 4th year | 4 | 7.1% | 16 | 28.6% | 15 | 26.8% | 12 | 21.4% | 9 | 16.1% | ||
| 5th year | 15 | 25.4% | 11 | 18.6% | 16 | 27.1% | 16 | 27.1% | 1 | 1.7% | ||
| 6th year | 6 | 20.7% | 7 | 24.1% | 6 | 20.7% | 5 | 17.2% | 5 | 17.2% | ||
| Intern | 13 | 34.2% | 8 | 21.1% | 4 | 10.5% | 9 | 23.7% | 4 | 10.5% | ||
| College | College of Health Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Laboratories, Health Informatics) | 34 | 24.1% | 34 | 24.1% | 29 | 20.6% | 28 | 19.9% | 16 | 11.3% | 0.156 |
| College of Human Sciences (Arabic/English, History, Geography) | 5 | 13.5% | 6 | 16.2% | 14 | 37.8% | 8 | 21.6% | 4 | 10.8% | ||
| College of Science (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Biology) | 11 | 26.8% | 8 | 19.5% | 4 | 9.8% | 10 | 24.4% | 8 | 19.5% | ||
| Faculty of Sharia (Sharia, Islamic Studies, Regulations and Law) | 21 | 46.7% | 7 | 15.6% | 8 | 17.8% | 6 | 13.3% | 3 | 6.7% | ||
| College of Computer Engineering and Science | 19 | 27.5% | 17 | 24.6% | 16 | 23.2% | 13 | 18.8% | 4 | 5.8% | ||
| College of Business Administration | 10 | 19.6% | 10 | 19.6% | 13 | 25.5% | 9 | 17.6% | 9 | 17.6% | ||
| Other | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 25.0% | 1 | 25.0% | 1 | 25.0% | 1 | 25.0% | ||
| Region | Central region | 13 | 15.9% | 15 | 18.3% | 21 | 25.6% | 20 | 24.4% | 13 | 15.9% | 0.037 |
| Northern region | 11 | 14.9% | 18 | 24.3% | 18 | 24.3% | 15 | 20.3% | 12 | 16.2% | ||
| Southern region | 14 | 22.2% | 17 | 27.0% | 14 | 22.2% | 12 | 19.0% | 6 | 9.5% | ||
| Eastern region | 39 | 39.0% | 18 | 18.0% | 22 | 22.0% | 15 | 15.0% | 6 | 6.0% | ||
| Western region | 23 | 33.3% | 15 | 21.7% | 10 | 14.5% | 13 | 18.8% | 8 | 11.6% | ||
| Have you received formal education or information about the dangers of exposure to sunlight? | No | 47 | 28.1% | 31 | 18.6% | 38 | 22.8% | 39 | 23.4% | 12 | 7.2% | 0.067 |
| Yes | 34 | 21.5% | 36 | 22.8% | 35 | 22.2% | 25 | 15.8% | 28 | 17.7% | ||
| Not sure | 19 | 30.2% | 16 | 25.4% | 12 | 19.0% | 11 | 17.5% | 5 | 7.9% | ||