Table 2.
Personal characteristics of respondents in the study (n = 4575)
| Frequency | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Non-Arab | 3117 | 68.1 |
| Arab | 1458 | 31.9 | |
| Nationalities | India | 1100 | 24.0 |
| Bangladesh | 1159 | 25.3 | |
| Pakistan | 819 | 17.9 | |
| Egypt | 498 | 10.9 | |
| Philippines | 200 | 4.4 | |
| Yemen | 234 | 5.1 | |
| Other Arab | 404 | 8.8 | |
| Asian | 136 | 3.0 | |
| Other Nationalities | 25 | 0.6 | |
| Can speak: (not mutually exclusive) | English | 2403 | 52.5 |
| Arabic | 4119 | 90.0 | |
| Coded Mother language | Arabic | 1480 | 32.3 |
| Non-Arabic | 3095 | 67.7 | |
| Marital status | Single/Divorced | 842 | 18.4 |
| Married with accompanying family | 750 | 16.4 | |
| Married without accompanying family | 2983 | 65.2 | |
| Age | <30 | 1006 | 22.0 |
| 30-39 | 1895 | 41.4 | |
| 40-49 | 1289 | 28.2 | |
| 50-59 | 338 | 7.4 | |
| ≥60 | 47 | 1.0 | |
| Median (Range) | 36 (15.0-85.0) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 36 ± 8.7 | ||
| Education | Illiterate | 66 | 1.4 |
| Read/write | 239 | 5.2 | |
| Primary | 1026 | 22.4 | |
| Intermediate/secondary | 1654 | 36.2 | |
| Diploma | 351 | 7.7 | |
| Bachelor | 1127 | 24.6 | |
| Master & Doctorate | 112 | 2.4 | |
| Monthly salary without allowance (SR) | ≤2000 | 3085 | 67.4 |
| 2001-4500 | 1186 | 25.9 | |
| 4501-6000 | 156 | 3.4 | |
| 6001-9000 | 97 | 2.1 | |
| >9000 | 51 | 1.1 |