Table 3 Factors associated with knowledge of genetic diseases and PMGS in Sudan.
From: Consanguinity and willingness to perform premarital genetic screening in Sudan
Variables | %(n) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
The total score of participants’ knowledge | Good knowledge | 53.6 (1218) | |
Poor knowledge | 46.4 (1054) | ||
Total knowledge score (Mean) | p | ||
Gender | Female | 9.0 | 0.685 |
Male | 8.9 | ||
Education | Illiterate | 5.1 | <0.001 |
Primary school | 5.8 | ||
Secondary school | 8.6 | ||
University | 9.6 | ||
Informal education | 5.2 | ||
Postgraduate degree | 10.2 | ||
Employment | Free worker | 8.2 | <0.001 |
Not working | 9.2 | ||
Governmental employee | 9.1 | ||
Employee in the private sector | 10.0 | ||
Marital status | Single | 9.5 | <0.001 |
Widowed | 6.0 | ||
Married | 8.2 | ||
Divorced | 8.0 | ||
Willingness to perform PMGS | Yes | 9.7 | <0.001 |
No | 8.0 | ||
Not applicable | 6.0 | ||
