Table 4 Participants’ knowledge according to their sociodemographic distribution presented in mean ± sd.
Variables | n | Mean ± sd | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Areas distribution | Northern areas | 348 | 0.11 ± 1.0 | 0.7501 |
Middle areas | 88 | 0.55 ± 1.1 | ||
Southern area | 81 | 0.11 ± 1.2 | ||
Gaza | 60 | 0.15 ± 0.9 | ||
Gender | Male | 88 | − 0.18 ± 1.1 | 0.006*2 |
Female | 489 | 0.15 ± 0.99 | ||
Marital status | Single | 231 | 0.11 ± 1.1 | 0.6681 |
Married | 331 | 0.10 ± 0.96 | ||
Others | 15 | − 0.15 ± 1.2 | ||
Educational level | School education | 58 | 1.04 ± 0.45 | 0.1371 |
Diploma | 35 | − 0.04 ± 1.1 | ||
Degree | 413 | 0.13 ± 0.92 | ||
Postgraduate | 71 | 0.13 ± 0.92 | ||
Work status | Governmental officer | 79 | − 0.05 ± 1.0 | 0.6271 |
Private work- office | 101 | 0.21 ± 0.87 | ||
Business s | 17 | 0.05 ± 0.61 | ||
Technician | 9 | 0.14 ± 1.8 | ||
Employee | 7 | 0.015 ± 0.39 | ||
Not working | 364 | 0.11 ± 1.1 | ||
Income NIS/ month | < 1500 | 68 | − 0.01 ± 0.99 | 0.4701 |
1500–3000 | 187 | 0.17 ± 1.1 | ||
3001–5000 | 153 | 0.079 ± 0.97 | ||
More than 5000 | 145 | 0.03 ± 0.97 |
