Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of respondents (n = 1112).
| Variables | % (n) |
|---|---|
| Age (years)[mean ±SD] | 31.7 ± 11.2 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 25.9 (288) |
| Female | 74.1 (824) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 44.5 (495) |
| Single | 52.3 (582) |
| Others | 3.1 (35) |
| Pregnant females | 4.8# (24) |
| Educational level | |
| Post graduate (MSc or PhD) | 16.9 (188) |
| University level | 67.2 (747) |
| Diploma | 7.6 (85) |
| High school or less | 8.3 (92) |
| Residency place | |
| North sector | 9.4 (104) |
| Middle sector | 84.4 (938) |
| South sector | 6.3 (70) |
| Income | |
| Less than 500 JD/month | 44.8 (440) |
| At least 500 JD/month | 55.2 (543) |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 51.6 (574) |
| Part time | 9.9 (110) |
| Full time | 35.1 (390) |
| Retired | 3.4 (38) |
| Education in the health or medical field*(yes) | 50.0 (556) |
| Work in the medical field (yes) | 29.9 (333) |
| Chronic illness | |
| No chronic diseases | 87.3 (971) |
| Lung diseases (Asthma and COPD) | 2.6 (29) |
| Heart diseases | 1.3 (14) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2.0 (22) |
| Others | 6.8 (76) |
| Current smokers | 22.0 (245) |
| Medical insurance | |
| Governmental medical insurance | 27.1 (301) |
| Military medical insurance | 9.7 (108) |
| Private medical insurance | 29.9 (332) |
| No medical insurance | 33.4 (371) |
#
Out of married females.
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Includes pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, medicine, lab sciences and dieticians.