Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study participants distributed across different regions.
| Characters | Overall N = 2030 |
Western N = 387 |
Central N = 388 |
Eastern N = 478 |
Northern N = 394 |
Southern N = 383 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | <0.001 | ||||||
| Male | 1321 (65%) | 232 (60%) |
296 (76%) | 326 (68%) | 249 (63%) | 218 (57%) |
|
| Female | 709 (35%) |
155 (40%) |
92 (24%) |
152 (32%) | 145 (37%) | 165 (43%) |
|
| Marital Status | 0.046 | ||||||
| Single | 325 (16%) |
68 (18%) |
77 (20%) |
71 (15%) |
52 (13%) |
57 (15%) |
|
| Married | 1705 (84%) | 319 (82%) | 311 (80%) | 407 (85%) | 342 (87%) | 326 (85%) |
|
| Age Category | 0.003 | ||||||
| From 15 to 29 | 530 (26%) |
117 (30%) | 90 (23%) |
104 (22%) | 101 (26%) | 118 (31%) |
|
| From 30 to 44 | 1147 (57%) | 210 (54%) | 215 (56%) | 298 (62%) | 235 (60%) | 189 (49%) | |
| From 45 to 59 | 326 (16%) |
56 (15%) |
71 (18%) |
70 (15%) |
57 (14%) |
72 (19%) |
|
| >60 | 27 (1%) |
4 (1%) |
12 (3%) |
6 (1%) |
1 (0%) |
4 (1%) |
|
| Education status | 0.073 | ||||||
| Basic education or less |
149 (7%) |
22 (6%) |
31 (8%) |
50 (10%) |
23 (6%) |
23 (6%) |
|
| High school or equivalent | 904 (45%) |
194 (50%) | 146 (38%) | 218 (46%) | 170 (43%) | 176 (46%) |
|
| University or postgraduate Degree | 977 (48%) |
171 (44%) | 211 (54%) | 210 (44%) | 201 (51%) | 184 (48%) |
|
| Job Status | <0.001 | ||||||
| Owners of large companies USD >60,000 per month |
5 (0.2%) |
0 (0%) |
2 (0.5%) |
1 (0.3%) |
2 (0.3%) |
0 (0%) |
|
| Owners of medium sized companies, programmers USD 30,000–60,000 per month |
46 (2%) |
11 (3%) |
20 (5%) |
6 (1.2%) |
4 (1.2%) |
5 (1.2%) |
|
| Owners of small shops/secondary school teachers USD 10,000–30,000 per month |
235 (12%) |
34 (9%) |
65 (17%) |
47 (10%) |
52 (13.2%) | 37 (10%) |
|
| Paramedics, nurses, electricians, corporate employees, and primary school teachers USD 4500–10,000 per month |
692 (34%) |
126 (32.5%) | 145 (37.3%) | 151 (31.5%) | 147 (37.3%) | 123 (32%) |
|
| Drivers, waiters, and factory employees USD 200–4500 per month |
566 (28%) |
110 (28.5%) | 97 (25%) |
151 (31.5%) | 106 (27%) | 102 (26.6%) | |
| Doormen, servants, and housewives USD <2000 per month |
486 (24%) |
106 (27%) | 59 (15.2%) | 122 (25.5%) | 83 (21%) | 116 (30.2%) | |
| Nationality | <0.001 | ||||||
| Saudi | 1318 (65%) | 232 (60%) | 232 (60%) | 250 (52%) | 291 (74%) | 313 (82%) |
|
| Resident | 712 (35%) |
155 (40%) | 156 (40%) | 228 (48%) | 103 (26%) | 70 (18%) |
|
| Median (IQR) or frequency (%) Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test | |||||||