Table 1 Respondent characteristics (N = 2272).
From: Consanguinity and willingness to perform premarital genetic screening in Sudan
Variables | Categories | n | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 1130 | (49.7) |
Male | 1142 | (50.3) | |
Age (Years) | ≤25 | 1129 | (49.7) |
26 to 35 | 670 | (29.5) | |
36 to 45 | 248 | (10.9) | |
46 to 55 | 136 | (6.0) | |
>55 | 89 | (3.9) | |
State of residency | Khartoum | 339 | (14.9) |
South Darfur | 238 | (10.5) | |
Al Gezira | 226 | (9.9) | |
West Darfur | 156 | (6.9) | |
North Kordofan | 150 | (6.6) | |
Red sea | 127 | (5.6) | |
Gadarif | 122 | (5.4) | |
Kassala | 116 | (5.1) | |
North Darfur | 111 | (4.9) | |
Central Darfur | 109 | (4.8) | |
White Nile | 103 | (4.5) | |
South Kordofan | 96 | (4.2) | |
Sinnar | 86 | (3.8) | |
River Nile | 65 | (2.9) | |
East Darfur | 63 | (2.8) | |
West Kordofan | 62 | (2.7) | |
Northern | 54 | (2.4) | |
Blue Nile | 49 | (2.2) | |
Education | Illiterate | 75 | (3.3) |
Primary school | 171 | (7.5) | |
Secondary school | 379 | (16.7) | |
University | 1407 | (61.9) | |
Informal education | 47 | (2.1) | |
Postgraduate degree | 193 | (8.5) | |
Employment | Free worker | 612 | (26.9) |
Governmental employee | 405 | (17.9) | |
Employee in the private sector | 189 | (8.3) | |
Unemployed | 1066 | (46.9) | |
Marital status | Single | 1422 | (62.6) |
Married | 735 | (32.4) | |
Widowed | 46 | (2.0) | |
Divorced | 69 | (3.0) |
