Awareness, attitudes, and practices related to the swine influenza pandemic among the Saudi public

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the study sample

Characteristics	Male(n = 828)		Female (n = 720)		Total (n = 1548)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age group:
18-24 yr.	246	29.7	261	36.3	507	32.8
25-39 yr.	455	55.0	368	51.1	823	53.2
40-59 yr.	118	14.3	87	12.1	205	13.2
60 yr. or more	9	1.1	4	0.6	13	0.8
	χ² = 8.759, p = 0.033
Marital Status:
Single	397	47.9	291	40.5	688	44.5
Married	416	50.2	396	55.1	812	52.5
Widow	2	0.2	11	1.5	13	0.8
Divorced	13	1.6	21	2.9	34	2.2
	χ² = 17.343, p < 0.001
Education:
Non-educated	17	2.1	17	2.4	34	2.2
Less than secondary	56	6.8	70	9.7	126	8.2
Secondary	230	27.8	198	27.6	428	27.7
University	461	55.7	413	57.5	874	56.5
Higher	64	7.7	20	2.8	84	5.4
	χ² = 21.916, p < 0.001
Employment status
At work	671	81.7	280	39.2	951	62.0
Non-working	150	18.3	434	60.8	584	38.0
	χ² = 292.832,p < 0.001

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