Table 2.

COVID-19 mean knowledge score stratified by demographic characteristics.

Demographic variable	Mean	SD	P-value
Gender
Female	5.7	1.7	0.000***
Male	5.4	1.6
Age category (Years)
18–24	5.7	1.7	0.011*
25–39	5.6	1.7
40–59	5.5	1.7
60 and above	5.2	1.7
Marital status
Single	5.6	1.7	0.342
Married	5.5	6.0
Divorced	5.3	1.7
Widowed	5.5	1.9
Nationality
Saudi	5.5	1.7	0.402
Non-Saudi	5.7	1.7
Residence area
Central province	5.5	1.6	0.778
Eastern province	5.5	1.7
Southern province	5.5	1.6
Western province	5.6	1.7
Northern province	5.6	1.7
Education level
Completed primary education	4.6	1.3	0.014*
Under secondary level	5.6	1.7
Secondary/Diploma	5.6	1.6
Bachelor	5.6	1.7
Higher education (Master/PhD)	5.4	1.6
Employment status
Student	5.7	1.7	0.023*
Health-related career employee	5.5	1.6
Employee	5.5	1.7
Unemployed (retired or housewife)	5.5	1.6
Chronic disease history
Yes	5.6	1.7	0.134
No	5.5	1.6
Where infected/currently infected with COVID-19?
Yes	5.3	2.0	0.401
No	5.6	1.7
Have family member working in the healthcare provision sector?
Yes	5.5	1.6	0.081
No	5.6	1.7
Level of commitment to MOH instructions regarding COVID-19 pandemic
Full commitment	5.6	1.6	0.000***
Committed except in emergency cases	5.7	1.6
Committed to some extent	5.4	1.7
Not committed at all	4.2	2.3
Do you use or have you ever used herbal products or nutritional supplements during the COVID-19 pandemic period with the intention of protecting you from the disease?
Yes	5.6	1.7	0.039*
No	5.5	1.6

*P < 0.05, *** P < 0.000.