Table 5.
Association between demographic characteristics and participants’ attitudes toward health-related information shared on social media networksa.
| Variables | Messages ever influence decisions regarding family’s health care, n (%) | Verify the credibility of the health information on social media from other authentic sources, n (%) | ||||||
| Yes (n=250) | No (n=116) | P | Yes (n=295) | No (n=64) | P | |||
| Gender | .08 | .58 | ||||||
| Male | 72 (69.2) | 32 (30.8) | 82 (80.4) | 20 (19.6) | ||||
| Female | 178 (67.9) | 84 (32.1) | 213 (82.9) | 44 (17.1) | ||||
| Age group (years) | .31 | .73 | ||||||
| ≤29 | 76 (62.3) | 46 (37.7) | 101 (83.5) | 20 (16.5) | ||||
| 30-39 | 85 (75.2) | 28 (24.8) | 88 (80.0) | 22 (20.0) | ||||
| 40-49 | 59 (67.8) | 28 (32.2) | 73 (84.9) | 13 (15.1) | ||||
| 50-59 | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.5) | 23 (82.1) | 5 (17.9) | ||||
| ≥60 | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 10 (71.4) | 4 (28.6) | ||||
| Marital status | .86 | .72 | ||||||
| Married | 181 (68.3) | 84 (31.7) | 212 (81.9) | 47 (18.1) | ||||
| Single | 67 (68.4) | 31 (31.6) | 81 (83.5) | 16 (16.5) | ||||
| Nationality | .53 | .68 | ||||||
| Saudi | 146 (66.4) | 74 (33.6) | 176 (81.1) | 41 (18.9) | ||||
| Non-Saudi | 96 (69.6) | 42 (30.4) | 111 (82.8) | 23 (17.2) | ||||
| Education | .52 | .02 | ||||||
| Primary | 21 (63.6) | 12 (36.4) | 20 (64.5) | 11 (35.5) | ||||
| Secondary | 94 (70.1) | 40 (29.9) | 103 (78.6) | 28 (21.4) | ||||
| Graduation/Postgraduation | 122 (68.9) | 55 (31.1) | 154 (87.0) | 23 (13.0) | ||||
| None | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Employment | .95 | .15 | ||||||
| Unemployed | 120 (69.8) | 52 (30.2) | 130 (78.8) | 35 (21.2) | ||||
| Employed | 124 (70.1) | 53 (29.9) | 151 (84.8) | 27 (15.2) | ||||
| Monthly income in Saudi riyals (US $) | .95 | .36 | ||||||
| <5000 (1333) | 94 (69.1) | 42 (30.9) | 109 (80.7) | 26 (19.3) | ||||
| 5000-10,000 (1333-2666) | 76 (67.3) | 37 (32.7) | 93 (86.1) | 15 (13.9) | ||||
| >10,000 (2666) | 61 (68.5) | 28 (31.5) | 70 (78.7) | 19 (21.3) | ||||
aThe total is <401 in some cases due to missing responses.