Table 1.
The socio-demographic characteristics and school related variables of all respondents.
| Male (n = 280) n (%) | Female (n = 160) N (%) | Total (N = 440) n (%) | p-value* | |
| Level | 0.890 | |||
| Second year | 109 (38.9) | 63 (39.4) | 172 (39.1) | |
| Fourth year | 88 (31.4) | 47 (29.4) | 135 (30.7) | |
| Sixth year | 83 (29.6) | 50 (31.3) | 133 (30.2) | |
| Nationality | 0.403 | |||
| Jordanian | 196 (70.0) | 118 (73.8) | 314 (71.4) | |
| Others | 84 (30.0) | 42 (26.3) | 126 (28.6) | |
| Country of the high school | 0.278 | |||
| Jordan | 162 (57.9) | 101 (63.1) | 263 (59.8) | |
| Others | 118 (42.1) | 59 (36.9) | 177 (40.2) | |
| Payment system | 0.037 | |||
| Regular | 125 (44.6) | 88 (55.0) | 213 (48.4) | |
| International | 155 (55.4) | 72 (45.0) | 227 (51.6) | |
| Total family income (JD) | 0.273 | |||
| 500 or less | 45 (16.1) | 25 (15.6) | 70 (15.9) | |
| 501–1000 | 76 (27.1) | 53 (33.1) | 129 (29.3) | |
| 1001–1500 | 56 (20.0) | 32 (20.0) | 88 (20.0) | |
| 1501–2000 | 40 (14.3) | 27 (16.9) | 67 (15.2) | |
| More than 2000 | 63 (22.5) | 23 (14.4) | 86 (19.5) | |
| Father's education | 0.056 | |||
| Less than high school | 29 (10.4) | 11 (6.9) | 40 (9.1) | |
| High school | 31 (11.1) | 22 (13.8) | 53 (12.0) | |
| Diploma | 17 (6.1) | 13 (8.1) | 30 (6.8) | |
| University | 105 (37.5) | 63 (39.4) | 168 (38.2) | |
| Higher university degree | 98 (35.0) | 51 (31.9) | 149 (33.9) | |
| Mother's education | 0.057 | |||
| Less than high school | 54 (19.3) | 23 (14.4) | 77 (17.5) | |
| High school | 70 (25.0) | 36 (22.5) | 106 (24.1) | |
| Diploma | 53 (18.9) | 36 (22.5) | 89 (20.2) | |
| University | 83 (29.6) | 41 25.6) | 124 (28.2) | |
| Higher university degree | 20 (7.1) | 24 (15.0) | 44 (10.0) |
* Chi-square test for the difference between males and females