Table 3.
Association of socio-demographic variables with the perception levels.
| Variable | Good Perception (N = 225) |
Fair Perception (N = 368) |
Poor Perception (N = 16) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |||
| Gender | Male | 116 (40.0%) | 164 (56.6%) | 10 (3.4%) | .123NS |
| Female | 109 (34.2%) | 204 (63.9%) | 6 (1.9%) | ||
| Age | <20 | 17 (54.8%) | 13 (41.9%) | 1 (3.2%) | .076NS |
| 20 - 39 | 137 (36.9%) | 226 (60.9%) | 8 (2.2%) | ||
| 40 - 59 | 69 (36.9%) | 112 (59.9%) | 6 (3.2%) | ||
| > = 60 | 2 (10.0%) | 17 (85.0%) | 1 (5.0%) | ||
| Area of residency | Rural | 35 (32.1%) | 68 (62.4%) | 6 (5.5%) | .078NS |
| Urban | 190 (38.0%) | 300 (60.0%) | 10 (2.0%) | ||
| Marital Status | Unmarried | 78 (34.8%) | 141 (62.9%) | 5 (2.2%) | .036* |
| Married | 145 (39.8%) | 208 (57.1% | 11 (3.0%) | ||
| Others | 2 (9.5%) | 19 (90.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Education | Primary School | 3 (15.0%) | 17 (85.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | .174NS |
| Secondary School | 27 (40.3%) | 37 (55.2%) | 3 (4.5%) | ||
| Diploma | 61 (34.9%) | 107 (61.1%) | 7 (4.0%) | ||
| Graduate | 96 (37.1%) | 157 (60.6%) | 6 (2.3%) | ||
| Post Graduate | 38 (43.2%) | 50 (56.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Nationality | Saudi | 171 (34.8%) | 309 (62.8%) | 12 (2.4%) | .017* |
| Indian | 16 (43.2%) | 21 (56.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Egyptian | 8 (34.8%) | 15 (65.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Pakistani | 7 (46.7%) | 6 (40.0%) | 2 (13.3%) | ||
| Yemeni | 8 (44.4%) | 8 (44.4%) | 2 (11.1%) | ||
| Bangladeshi | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Sudani | 7 (77.8%) | 2 (22.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Others | 6 (66.7%) | 3 (33.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Occupation | Unemployed | 67 (36.4%) | 107 (58.2%) | 10 (5.4%) | .079NS |
| Employed | 122 (37.2%) | 202 (61.6%) | 4 (1.2%) | ||
| Housewife | 36 (37.1%) | 59 (60.8%) | 2 (2.1%) | ||
P-value for Chi-square test. P-value <.05 is considered to be statistically significant.
*P-value <.05, NS-statistically non-significant, higher mean score indicates a higher level of knowledge and vice-versa.