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. 2012 Mar 5;367(1589):692–703. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0304

Table 1.

Demographics of interviewees by country.

country mean age gender marital status education SES level religion
Egypt (n = 18) 42.11 (10.82) 56% female, 44% male 11% single, 67% married, 17% other, 6% did not specify 6% below college, 50% college graduate, 22% trade school, 11% professional degree, 11% did not specify 6% low, 28% low middle, 11% middle, 39% upper middle, 0% upper, 17% did not specify 11% Christian, 78% Muslim, 11% did not specify
Iraq (n = 15) 46.53 (11.77) 53% female, 47% male 7% single, 80% married, 13% other 33% below college, 27% college graduate, 13% trade school, 13% professional degree, 13% did not specify 33% low, 0% low middle, 27% middle, 0% upper middle, 20% upper, 20% did not specify 0% Christian, 87% Muslim, 13% did not specify
Jordan (n = 16) 43.75 (11.62) 69% female, 31% male 19% single, 75% married, 6% other 44% below college, 56% college graduate, 0% trade school, 0% professional degree 6% low, 0% low middle, 56% middle, 38% upper middle, 0% upper 0% Christian, 94% Muslim, 6% did not specify
Lebanon (n = 17) 39.18 (11.18) 59% female, 41% male 41% single, 59% married, 0% other 65% below college, 18% college graduate, 6% trade school, 12% professional degree 29% low, 29% low middle, 18% middle, 12% upper middle, 12% upper 41% Christian, 53% Muslim, 6% other
Pakistan (n = 24) 34.33 (12.26) 48% female, 52% male 20% single, 76% married, 4% other 40% below college, 16% college graduate, 0% trade school, 40% professional degree, 4% did not specify 32% low, 12% low middle, 28% middle, 16% upper middle, 12% upper 4% Christian, 92% Muslim, 4% other
Turkeya (n = 17) 44.53 (13.02) 65% female, 35% male 41% below college, 29% college graduate, 0% trade school, 24% professional degree, 6% did not specify 0% low, 24% low middle, 47% middle, 24% upper middle, 6% upper
UAE (n = 25) 38.48 (11.54) 50% female, 50% male 33% single, 54% married, 4% other, 8% did not specify 46% below college, 38% college graduate, 0% trade school, 13% professional degree, 4% did not specify 8% low, 0% low middle, 25% middle, 21% upper middle, 25% upper, 21% did not specify 0% Christian, 100% Muslim, 0% other
USA (n = 18) 36.50 (9.89) 56% female; 44% male 39% single, 44% married, 11% other, 6% did not specify 39% below college, 39% college graduate, 0% trade school, 17% professional degree, 6% did not specify 0% low, 17% low middle, 28% middle, 22% upper middle, 28% upper, 6% did not specify 78% Christian, 0% Muslim, 11% other, 11% did not specify

aInterviewees in Turkey were not asked about their marital status and religious affiliation.