Table 4.
Demographic variables in relation to knowledge and practice about Ramadan fasting
| Knowledge (%) | Practice (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Average | Good | Poor | Average | Good | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 7 (13) | 38 (70.4) | 9 (16.6) | 16 (30.2) | 27 (50.9) | 10 (18.9) |
| Female | 5 (8.5) | 41 (69.5) | 13 (22) | 19 (32.2) | 27 (45.8) | 13 (22) |
| Family history | ||||||
| Yes | 6 (7) | 60 (69.8)* | 20 (23.2) | 24 (27.9) | 42 (48.9) | 20 (23.2) |
| No | 6 (22.2) | 19 (70.4) | 2 (7.4) | 11 (40.7) | 12 (44.5) | 4 (18.8) |
| Onset (years) | ||||||
| <5 | 5 (20) | 16 (64) | 4 (16) | 6 (24) | 13 (52) | 6 (24) |
| 5–10 | 2 (10) | 17 (85) | 1 (5) | 12 (40) | 10 (33.3) | 8 (26.7) |
| >10 | 5 (7.9) | 42 (66.7) | 16 (25.4) | 15 (28.3) | 30 (56.6) | 8 (15.1) |
*
Statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance.