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. 2020 Nov 10;14:2231–2242. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S265126

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Total (N=310) Age Gender
<40 Years (n=117) 40–50 Years (n=136) 50+ Years (n=57) p-valuec Male (n=165) Female (n=145) p-valued
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Saudi Arab 305 (98.4%) 117 (100.0%) 133 (97.8%) 55 (96.5%) 0.4384 160 (97.0%) 145 (100.0%) 0.1072
 Yemeni 3 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.5%) 1 (1.8%) 3 (1.8%) 0 (0.0%)
 Othera 2 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.7%) 1 (1.8%) 2 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%)
Marital status, n (%)
 Single 48 (15.5%) 31 (26.5%) 11 (8.1%) 6 (10.5%) 0.0001 46 (27.9%) 2 (1.4%) <0.0001
 Married 256 (82.6%) 84 (71.8%) 124 (91.2%) 48 (84.2%) 118 (71.5%) 138 (95.2%)
 Divorced 2 (0.6%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.7%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.7%)
 Widowed 4 (1.3%) 1 (0.9%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (5.3%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (2.8%)
Employment status, n (%)
 Full-time work 124 (40.0%) 47 (40.2%) 56 (41.2%) 21 (36.8%) 0.0090 109 (66.1%) 15 (10.3%) <0.0001
 Part-time work 50 (16.1%) 21 (17.9%) 23 (16.9%) 6 (10.5%) 45 (27.3%) 5 (3.4%)
 Homemaker/housewife 119 (38.4%) 45 (38.5%) 53 (39.0%) 21 (36.8%) 0 (0.0%) 119 (82.1%)
 Student 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Unemployed 8 (2.6%) 4 (3.4%) 1 (0.7%) 3 (5.3%) 2 (1.2%) 6 (4.1%)
 Retired 9 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (2.2%) 6 (10.5%) 9 (5.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Other 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Highest level of education, n (%)
 Primary School 3 (1.0%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.7%) 1 (1.8%) 0.2748 1 (0.6%) 2 (1.4%) 0.1950
 Intermediate Education 8 (2.6%) 1 (0.9%) 6 (4.4%) 1 (1.8%) 6 (3.6%) 2 (1.4%)
 Secondary Education 137 (44.2%) 48 (41.0%) 57 (41.9%) 32 (56.1%) 66 (40.0%) 71 (49.0%)
 University degree (BA, BSc) 150 (48.4%) 63 (53.8%) 65 (47.8%) 22 (38.6%) 88 (53.3%) 62 (42.8%)
 Post-graduate degree (MA,  PhD, PGCE) 10 (3.2%) 4 (3.4%) 6 (4.4%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (1.8%) 7 (4.8%)
 Otherb 2 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.7%) 1 (1.8%) 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.7%)
Total household income in last 12 months, n (%)
 25,999 SAR or less 12 (3.9%) 7 (6.0%) 3 (2.2%) 2 (3.5%) 0.5170 11 (6.7%) 1 (0.7%) 0.0005
 26,000 to 199,999 SAR 87 (28.1%) 31 (26.5%) 37 (27.2%) 19 (33.3%) 56 (33.9%) 31 (21.4%)
 200,000 to 399,999 SAR 94 (30.3%) 37 (31.6%) 44 (32.4%) 13 (22.8%) 36 (21.8%) 58 (40.0%)
 400,000 to 599,999 SAR 52 (16.8%) 17 (14.5%) 20 (14.7%) 15 (26.3%) 29 (17.6%) 23 (15.9%)
 600,000 to 799,999 SAR 26 (8.4%) 10 (8.5%) 12 (8.8%) 4 (7.0%) 17 (10.3%) 9 (6.2%)
 800,000 or more SAR 8 (2.6%) 4 (3.4%) 4 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (2.4%) 4 (2.8%)
 Prefer not to answer 31 (10.0%) 11 (9.4%) 16 (11.8%) 4 (7.0%) 12 (7.3%) 19 (13.1%)

Notes: aOther ethnicity reported as: Palestinian (n=1), Somali (n=1). bOther highest level of education reported as: Teacher’s diploma (n=1), Technical Institute (n=1). cOne way analyses of variance overall F statistic p-value for continuous variables and χ2 test p-value for categorical variables by age group. dIndependent samples t-test p-value for continuous variables and χ2 test p-value for categorical variables by gender.