Table 3. Attitudes of the participants towards premarital screening by socio-demographic characteristics.
| Variables | Thinking that carrying out PMS is important | p value | Agreement on making PMS as an obligatory procedure before marriage | p value | Agreement on putting laws and regulations to stop the marriage in case of positive PMS test | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total frequency (% agree) | 540(92%) | 313(53%) | 212(36%) | |||
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Males | 252(47%) | 0.578 | 149(48%) | 0.490 | 98(46%) | 0.714 |
| Females | 288(53%) | 164(52%) | 114(54%) | |||
| Age group in years, n (%) | ||||||
| ≤20 | 288(53%) | 0.219 | 167(53%) | 0.293 | 126(59%) | 0.108 |
| >20 | 252(47%) | 146(47%) | 86(41%) | |||
| Academic year, n (%) | ||||||
| 1-3 | 364(67%) | 0.306 | 209(67%) | 0.061 | 152(72%) | 0.314 |
| 4-7 | 176(33%) | 104(33%) | 60(28%) | |||
| College, n (%) | ||||||
| Science | 129(24%) | 0.177 | 81(26%) | 0.725 | 47(22) | 0.620 |
| Engineering | 76(14%) | 41(13%) | 34(16%) | |||
| Arts | 69(13%) | 34(11%) | 28(13%) | |||
| Education | 67(13%) | 36(12%) | 32(15%) | |||
| Agriculture | 62(11%) | 36 12%) | 20(9%) | |||
| Commerce | 56(10%) | 37(12%) | 26(12%) | |||
| Medicine | 55(10%) | 29(9%) | 19(9%) | |||
| Laws | 13(2%) | 10(3%) | 3(1%) | |||
| Nursing | 13(2%) | 9(3%) | 3(1%) | |||
| Relationship between parents, n (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 198(37%) | 0.699 | 123(39%) | 0.401 | 67(32%) | 0.052 |
| No | 342(63%) | 190(61%) | 145(68%) | |||
| Personal history of hereditary disease, n (%) | ||||||
| Positive | 47(9%) | 0.771 | 26(8%) | 0.251 | 17(8%) | 0.730 |
| Negative | 493(91%) | 287(92%) | 195(92%) | |||
| Family history of hereditary disease, n (%) | ||||||
| Positive | 192(36%) | 0.748 | 104(33%) | 0.104 | 73(34%) | 0.813 |
| Negative | 348(64%) | 209(67%) | 139(66%) |