Table 4.
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and eating disorders
| Variables | Eating disorder | χ 2 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Yes | No | |||
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| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age (years old) | ||||
| 13–15 | 87 (48.9) | 91 (51.1) | 2.5 | 0.117 |
| 16–18 | 182 (56.2) | 142 (43.8) | ||
| Nationality | ||||
| Saudi | 249 (54.6) | 207 (45.4) | 2.1 | 0.150 |
| Non-Saudi | 20 (43.5) | 26 (56.5) | ||
| Father education level | ||||
| Intermediate school or lower | 56 (55.4) | 45 (44.6) | 1.2 | 0.801 |
| High school | 90 (50.3) | 89 (49.7) | ||
| Undergraduate degree or higher | 23 (55.4) | 99 (44.6) | ||
| Mother education level | ||||
| Intermediate school or lower | 66 (52.8) | 59 (47.2) | 1.5 | 0.395 |
| High school | 98 (50.8) | 95 (49.2) | ||
| Undergraduate degree or higher | 105 (57.1) | 79 (42.9) | ||
| Monthly income | ||||
| 4,999 | 60 (50.8) | 58 (49.2) | 3.4 | 0.105 |
| 5,000–14,999 | 122 (50.8) | 118 (49.2) | ||
| 15,000 | 87 (6.4) | 57 (39.6) | ||
| Grade | ||||
| Intermediate | 89 (50.9) | 86 (49.1) | 0.8 | 0.370 |
| Secondary | 180 (55.0) | 147 (45.0) | ||
| School name | ||||
| The one-hundred school | 72 (54.5) | 60 (45.5) | 5.7 | 0.682 |
| The fifty-five school | 49 (48.5) | 52 (51.5) | ||
| The forty school | 57 (64.0) | 32 (36.0) | ||
| The eighty-four school | 25 (51.0) | 24 (49.0) | ||
| The ninety-two school | 66 (50.4) | 65 (49.6) | ||
Notes:
*
significance P < 0.05;
χ2 = chi-square statistic