Table 2. Comparison of knowledge, attitude, practice, and misconceptions scores according to socio-demographic variables.
| Variables | Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | Misconception | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Moderate | Good | Negative | Positive | Inadequate | Adequate | ≤ 50 score | > 50 score | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age (years) | 18–28 | 37 (5) | 162 (22) | 536 (72.9) | 55 (7.1) | 716 (92.9) | 22 (2.9) | 743 (97.1) | 403 (55.4) | 324 (44.6) |
| 29–39 | 29 (5.7) | 142 (28) | 337 (66.3) | 44 (8.4) | 480 (91.6) | 17 (3.3) | 499 (96.7) | 316 (64.6) | 173 (35.4) | |
| 40–50 | 23 (5) | 138 (29.8) | 302 (65.2) | 33 (6.6) | 466 (93.4) | 7 (1.4) | 486 (98.64) | 370 (77.4) | 108 (22.6) | |
| 51–61 | 10 (6.3) | 52 (32.5) | 98 (61.3) | 6 (3.4) | 169 (32.5) | 0 (0) | 174 (100) | 132 (78.1) | 37 (21.9) | |
| >61 | 1 (3.2) | 11 (35.5) | 19 (61.3) | 1 (2.7) | 36 (97.3) | 0 (0) | 37 (100) | 29 (82.9) | 6 (17.1) | |
| p-value | 0.037* | 0.183 | 0.041 | < 0.001* | ||||||
| Gender | Male | 60 (6) | 269 (27) | 668 (67.0) | 89 (8.5) | 957 (91.5) | 41 (3.9) | 1004 (96.1) | 614 (61.6) | 382 (38.4) |
| Female | 40 (4.4) | 236 (26.2) | 624 (69.3) | 50 (5.3) | 901 (94.7) | 5 (0.5) | 928 (99.5) | 630 (70.8) | 363 (29.5) | |
| p-value | 0.259 | 0.004* | < 0.001* | < 0.001* | ||||||
| Nationality | Saudi | 79 (4.9) | 429 (26.4) | 1114 (68.7) | 102 (6) | 1608 (94) | 43 (2.5) | 1649 (97.5) | 545 (33.8) | 1614 (100) |
| Non-Saudi | 21 (7.6) | 76 (27.6) | 178 (64.7) | 36 (12.5) | 251 (87.5) | 3 (1.1) | 281 (98.9) | 101 (36.7) | 275 (100) | |
| p-value | 0.130 | <0.001* | 0.125 | 0.339 | ||||||
| Education | Primary school | 2 (11.1) | 7 (38.9) | 9 (50) | 1 (4) | 21 (95.5) | 0 (0) | 22 (100) | 18 (94.7) | 1 (5.3) |
| College | 58 (4.4) | 318 (24.3) | 932 (71.3) | 86 (6.3) | 1289 (93.7) | 27 (2) | 1334 (98) | 811 (62.3) | 491 (37.7) | |
| High school graduate | 19 (5.6) | 132 (38.9) | 188 (55.5) | 16 (4.4) | 344 (95.6) | 8 (2.2) | 348 (97.8) | 281 (81.4) | 64 (18.6) | |
| Master | 15 (8.9) | 33 (19.6) | 120 (71.4) | 30 (17) | 146 (83) | 8 (4.6) | 166 (95.4) | 102 (61.8) | 63 (38.2) | |
| Ph.D | 6 (9.4) | 15 (23.4) | 43 (67.2) | 6 (9.1) | 60 (90.9%) | 3 (4.6) | 62 (95.4) | 36 (59) | 25 (41) | |
| p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001* | 0.153 | < 0.001* | ||||||
| Job | Government job | 40 (5.2) | 215 (28) | 513 (66) | 52 (6.4) | 756 (93.6) | 23 (2.9) | 779 (97.1) | 520 (68) | 245 (32) |
| Private sector job | 16 (5.6) | 76 (26.4) | 196 (68.1) | 23 (7.8) | 273 (92.2) | 4 (1.4) | 291 (98.6) | 173 (62.0) | 106 (38) | |
| Business owner | 3 (5.8) | 18 (34.6) | 31 (59.6) | 6 (9.5) | 57 (90.5) | 3 (4.7) | 61 (95.3) | 52 (82.5) | 11 (17.5) | |
| Housewife | 16 (5.9) | 84 (31.2) | 169 (62.8) | 16 (5.5) | 277 (94.5) | 1 (0.4) | 283 (99.6) | 220 (80) | 55 (20) | |
| Student | 25 (4.8) | 112 (21.5) | 383 (73.7) | 41 (7.6) | 497 (92.4) | 15 (2.8) | 518 (97.2) | 278 (54.7) | 230 (45.3) | |
| p-value | 0.090 | 0.614 | 0.055 | < 0.001* | ||||||
| Marital Status | Married | 60 (5.4) | 308 (27.8) | 739 (66.8) | 74 (6.3) | 1098 (93.7) | 19 (1.6) | 1141 (98.4) | 797 (71.9) | 312 (28.1) |
| Unmarried | 36 (4.9) | 179 (24.1) | 527 (71.0) | 56 (7.3) | 715 (92.7) | 25 (3.3) | 740 (96.7) | 406 (55.7) | 323 (44.3) | |
| Divorced | 4 (8.3) | 18 (37.5) | 26 (54.2) | 9 (16.4) | 46 (83.6) | 2 (3.8) | 50 (96.1) | 40 (76.9) | 12 (23.1) | |
| p-value | 0.084 | 0.015* | 0.052 | < 0.001* | ||||||
Total number of responses is not same in all categories because of few missing responses.