Table 3.

Demographic characteristics of participants and knowledge score (N = 1789).

Characteristic	Type	Frequency	Knowledge score (SD)	t / F	P-Value
Gender	Female	949 (53.05%)	9.71 (2.21)	5.45	<0.001
	Male	840 (46.95%)	9.45 (2.45)
Age (Years)	18–25	886 (49.52%)	9.22 (2.46)	15.41	<0.001
	26–30	483 (27.00%)	9.88 (2.05)
	31–40	340 (19.01%)	9.93 (2.27)
	Above 40	80 (4.47%)	10.33 (1.88)
Domicile	Punjab	1243 (69.48%)	9.57 (2.37)	2.15	<0.001
	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	166 (9.28%)	9.69 (1.96)
	Sindh	114 (6.37%)	10.10 (2.15)
	Islamabad Capital Territory	102 (5.70%)	9.088 (2.67)
	Gilgit Baltistan	101 (5.65%)	9.69 (1.78)
	Azad Jammu and Kashmir	35 (1.96%)	9.51 (2.55)
	Balochistan	28 (1.57%)	8.96 (2.51)
Marital Status	Single	1250 (69.87%)	9.47 (2.34)	9.90	<0.001
	Married	529 (29.57%)	9.91 (2.25)
	Divorced	10 (0.56%)	7.8 (1.68)
University Enrollment	Yes	1073 (59.98%)	9.43 (2.38)	11.12	<0.001
	No	716 (40.02%)	9.81 (2.22)
Education Level	BS Graduated or Enrolled	974 (54.44%)	9.27 (2.47)	20.26	<0.001
	MS Graduated or Enrolled	561 (31.36%)	9.94 (2.12)
	PhD Graduated or Enrolled	254 (14.20%)	10.01 (1.94)
University Location	Punjab	978 (55.17%)	9.47 (2.39)	2.51	<0.001
	Islamabad Capital Territory	541 (30.24%)	9.73 (2.28)
	Sindh	106 (5.93%)	10.22 (1.75)
	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	99 (5.53%)	9.46 (2.21)
	Gilgit Baltistan	33 (1.84%)	9.42 (1.82)
	Balochistan	12 (0.67%)	8.67 (3.05)
	Azad Jammu and Kashmir	11 (0.61%)	9.64 (3.41)
Employment Status	Students Only	787 (43.99%)	9.26 (2.42)	6.85	<0.001
	Public Employee	356 (19.90%)	9.89 (2.30)
	Private Employee	311 (17.38%)	9.88 (2.05)
	Unemployed	238 (13.30%)	9.75 (2.25)
	Self-employed or Businessman	97 (5.42%)	9.74 (2.26)
Personal Income	Below PKR 20000/month	999 (55.84%)	9.39 (2.35)	6.60	<0.001
	PKR 20001-PKR 40000/month	280 (15.65%)	9.65 (2.28)
	PKR 40001-PKR 80000/month	294 (16.43%)	10.00 (2.82)
	Above PKR 80000/month	216 (12.07%)	9.87 (2.20)