Table 1.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Participants
| Sociodemographic Variables | Total n (%) |
Men n (%) |
Women n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 40,713 | 9691 | 31,022 |
| Age | |||
| <20 | 11,631 (29) | 1929 (20) | 9702 (31) |
| 21–30 | 16,231 (40) | 3849 (40) | 12,382 (40) |
| 31–40 | 8052 (20) | 2359 (24) | 5693 (18) |
| 40+ | 4654 (11) | 1536 (16) | 3118 (10) |
| Number of children | |||
| No children | 24,432 (61) | 5181 (54) | 19,251 (63) |
| One or more children | 15,840 (39) | 4406 (46) | 11,434 (37) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 16,975 (42) | 4697 (49) | 12,278 (40) |
| Single | 21,479 (53) | 4468 (46) | 17,011 (55) |
| Widowed/divorced | 2076 (5) | 488 (5) | 1588 (5) |
| Occupation | |||
| Unemployed | 3729 (39) | 3729 (39) | 21,898 (71) |
| Employed | 5505 (57) | 5505 (57) | 8345 (27) |
| Retired | 348 (4) | 348 (4) | 541 (2) |
| Education | |||
| Below high school | 3320 (8) | 795 (8) | 2525 (8) |
| High school/diploma | 15,597 (39) | 3940 (41) | 11,657 (38) |
| University | 19,020 (47) | 3982 (41) | 15,038 (49) |
| Postgraduate | 2588 (6) | 920 (10) | 1668 (5) |
| Family income (SAR/month) | |||
| <8000 | 11,956 (30) | 2730 (29) | 9226 (31) |
| 9000–15,000 | 15,288 (39) | 3618 (38) | 11,670 (39) |
| 16,000–25,000 | 7983 (20) | 2050 (22) | 5933 (20) |
| >26,000 | 4147 (11) | 1136 (12) | 3011 (10) |
| Region | |||
| Western | 10,586 (26) | 2705 (28) | 7881 (26) |
| Eastern | 6653 (16) | 1401 (15) | 5252 (17) |
| Central | 10,524 (26) | 1944 (20) | 8580 (28) |
| Northern | 5469 (14) | 1622 (17) | 3847 (12) |
| Southern | 7200 (18) | 1970 (20) | 5230 (17) |
| Family history of breast cancer | |||
| Yes | 7178 (18) | 1532 (16) | 5646 (18) |
| No | 28,752 (72) | 6712 (71) | 22,040 (72) |
| I do not know | 4185 (10) | 1271 (13) | 2914 (10) |