Table 1 General sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 466)
Variables | Study location | Total n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bani-Ziad n (%) | Bani-Sarry n (%) | Nakhla n (%) | Bani-Wahban n (%) | Al-Amjood n (%) | ||
No. of participants | 79 | 94 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 466 (100) |
Age (years) | ||||||
18–40 | 53 (67.1) | 56 (59.6) | 84 (89.4) | 80 (80.8) | 33 (33) | 306 (65.7) |
> 40 | 26 (32.9) | 38 (40.4) | 10 (10.6) | 19 (19.2) | 67 (67) | 160 (34.3) |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 50 (63.3) | 59 (62.8) | 50 (53.2) | 55 (55.6) | 78 (78.0) | 292 (62.7) |
Female | 29 (36.7) | 35 (37.2) | 44 (46.8) | 44 (44.4) | 22 (22.0) | 174 (37.3) |
Educational level | ||||||
Non educated | 14 (17.7) | 18 (19.1) | 8 (8.5) | 11 (11.1) | 49 (49) | 100 (21.5) |
Primary | 17 (21.5) | 30 (31.9) | 17 (18.1) | 11 (11.1) | 9 (9) | 84 (18.0) |
Secondary | 33 (41.8) | 21 (22.3) | 63 (67) | 46 (46.5) | 22 (22) | 185 (39.7) |
Tertiary | 15 (19.0) | 25 (26.6) | 6 (6.4) | 31 (31.6) | 20 (20) | 97 (20.8) |
Occupation | ||||||
Students | 40 (50.6) | 49 (52.1) | 72 (76.6) | 58 (58.6) | 29 (29) | 248 (53.2) |
Employees | 17 (21) | 21 (22.3) | 12 (12.8) | 19 (19.2) | 21 (21) | 90 (19.3) |
Housewives | 6 (7.6) | 11 (11.7) | 5 (5.3) | 2 (2) | 11 (11) | 35 (7.5) |
Farmers | 6 (7.6) | 7 (7.4) | 4 (4.3) | 13 (13.1) | 39 (39) | 69 (14.8) |
Not working | 10 (12.7) | 6 (6.4) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (7.1) | 0 (0) | 24 (5.2) |
No. of household members | ||||||
< 5 | 18 (22.8) | 22 (23.4) | 13 (13.8) | 23 (23.2) | 11 (11) | 87 (18.7) |
5–9 | 49 (62.0) | 41 (43.6) | 34 (36.2) | 49 (49.5) | 74 (74) | 247 (53.0) |
> 9 | 12 (15.2) | 31 (33.0) | 47 (50.0) | 27 (27.3) | 15 (15) | 132 (28.3) |