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. 2023 Jan 18;15(1):e33926. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33926

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