Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the secondary school students (n = 726).
All data are expressed in numbers and percentages.
SAR = Saudi Arabia riyal
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
Gender | Male | 149 | 20.5 |
Female | 577 | 79.5 | |
Age (in years) | <15 | 29 | 4.0 |
15–16 | 258 | 35.5 | |
17–18 | 391 | 53.9 | |
19–20 | 31 | 4.3 | |
>20 | 17 | 2.3 | |
Nationality | Saudi | 652 | 89.8 |
Non-Saudi | 74 | 10.2 | |
Region | Makkah region and its provinces | 643 | 88.6 |
Al-Madinah region and its provinces | 83 | 11.4 | |
Academic year | First grade | 151 | 20.8 |
Second grade | 309 | 42.6 | |
Third grade | 266 | 36.6 | |
Father’s education | Illiterate | 17 | 2.3 |
Read | 60 | 8.3 | |
Secondary or less | 260 | 35.8 | |
Diploma | 57 | 7.9 | |
University/above | 332 | 45.7 | |
Mother’s education | Illiterate | 41 | 5.6 |
Read | 97 | 13.4 | |
Secondary or less | 208 | 28.7 | |
Diploma | 79 | 10.9 | |
University or above | 301 | 41.5 | |
Father’s occupation | Unemployed | 37 | 5.1 |
Employee | 416 | 57.3 | |
Business | 94 | 12.9 | |
Retired | 179 | 24.7 | |
Mother’s occupation | Housewife | 426 | 58.7 |
Employee | 213 | 29.3 | |
Business | 26 | 3.6 | |
Retired | 61 | 8.4 | |
Number of family members | Less than 3 | 32 | 4.4 |
3–5 | 247 | 34.0 | |
6 and more | 447 | 61.6 | |
Average monthly income (SAR) of their parents | <5,000 | 156 | 21.5 |
5,000–9,000 | 163 | 22.5 | |
10,000–20,000 | 282 | 38.8 | |
>20,000 | 125 | 17.2 |