Table 2. Association of sociodemographic characteristics with WSSQ score.
SD: standard deviation; SAR: Saudi riyal; BMI: body mass index; WSSQ: Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire
| Variables | Internalized weight stigma | P-value | ||
| High internalization (n = 506) | Low internalization (n = 380) | |||
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 29.38 ± 8.90 | 31.99 ± 9.61 | <0.001 | |
| Gender, n (%) | Male | 183 (53.66%) | 158 (46.33%) | 0.101 |
| Female | 323 (59.26%) | 222 (40.73%) | ||
| Education, n (%) | High school or less | 168 (59.15%) | 116 (40.84%) | 0.683 |
| Bachelor degree | 314 (56.27%) | 244 (43.72%) | ||
| Post-graduate | 24 (54.54%) | 20 (45.45%) | ||
| Marital status, n (%) | Single | 220 (49.10%) | 228 (50.89%) | <0.001 |
| Married | 252 (67.02%) | 124 (32.97%) | ||
| Divorced | 22 (45.80%) | 26 (54.16%) | ||
| Widowed | 12 (85.71%) | 2 (14.28%) | ||
| Occupation, n (%) | Student | 118 (47.58%) | 130 (52.41%) | <0.001 |
| Employee | 150 (58.59%) | 106 (41.40%) | ||
| Housewife | 112 (68.29%) | 52 (31.70%) | ||
| Unemployed | 110 (57.29%) | 82 (42.70%) | ||
| Freelancer | 8 (50.00%) | 8 (50.00%) | ||
| Retired | 7 (70.00%) | 3 (30.00%) | ||
| Monthly income (SAR), n (%) | ≤5,000 | 352 (55.17%) | 286 (44.82%) | 0.072 |
| 5,000–9,999 | 70 (70.00%) | 30 (30.00%) | ||
| 10,000–19,999 | 60 (55.55%) | 48 (44.44%) | ||
| 20,000–29,999 | 12 (66.66%) | 6 (33.33%) | ||
| ≥30,000 | 12 (54.54%) | 10 (45.45%) | ||
| BMI category, n (%) | Overweight | 254 (53.58%) | 220 (46.41%) | 0.01 |
| Obesity class one | 140 (56.45%) | 108 (43.54%) | ||
| Obesity class two | 76 (70.37%) | 32 (29.63%) | ||
| Obesity class three | 36 (64.28%) | 20 (35.71%) | ||