Table 1.
Demographic data of the participants.
| Demographics | % (frequency) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| Under 18 | 10% (41) |
| 18–24 | 25.9% (106) |
| 25–44 | 53.2% (218) |
| 45–54 | 8.3% (34) |
| 55–64 | 1% (4) |
| >65 | 1.6% (7) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 42% (172) |
| Female | 58% (238) |
| Nationality | |
| Lebanese | 95.9% (393) |
| Non-Lebanese | 4.1% (7) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 62% (254) |
| Married | 36.1% (148) |
| Divorced | 1.2% (5) |
| Widowed | 0.7% (3) |
| Region | |
| Beirut | 58.5% (240) |
| Mount Lebanon | 29.3% (120) |
| South | 6.1% (25) |
| North | 5.4% (22) |
| Bekaa | 0.7% (3) |
| Highest level of education | |
| None | 0.2% (1) |
| Elementary | 1.2% (5) |
| Secondary | 15.1% (62) |
| University | 79.8% (327) |
| Others | 3.7% (15) |
| Occupation | |
| Medical | 32.2% (132) |
| Non-medical | 48.4% (182) |
| Unemployed | 23.4% (96) |
| Income/month L.L. | |
| <750,000 | 31.5% (129) |
| 750,000–1,500,000 | 18.5% (76) |
| 1,500,000–2,250,000 | 18.8% (77) |
| 2,250,000–3,000,000 | 11.2% (46) |
| 3,000,000–3,750,000 | 5.1% (21) |
| >3,750,000 | 14.9% (61) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Hypertension | 7.6% (31) |
| Diabetes | 2.4% (10) |
| Lung disease | 4.6% (18) |
| Others | 30% (123) |
| None | 57.6% (236) |
| Smoking status | |
| Cigarette | 13.4% (55) |
| Hubble-bubble | 17.5% (72) |
| Other | 3.2% (13) |
| None | 65.9% (270) |