Table 1 The table shows the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (N = 1195).
Variables | Frequency | Percentage % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 24a | 7b | |
Gender | Female | 764 | 63.9% |
Male | 431 | 36.1% | |
Marital Status | Single | 899 | 75.2% |
Married | 190 | 15.9% | |
Engaged | 88 | 7.4% | |
Widow | 4 | 0.3% | |
Divorced | 14 | 1.2% | |
Current residency | River Nile | 293 | 24.5% |
Kassala | 209 | 17.5% | |
North State | 181 | 15.1% | |
Red Sea | 145 | 12.1% | |
Khartoum | 134 | 11.2% | |
White Nile | 74 | 6.2% | |
Gazira | 46 | 3.8% | |
Al Qadarif | 38 | 3.2% | |
North Kordofan | 33 | 2.8% | |
Sennar | 25 | 2.1% | |
Blue Nile | 10 | 0.8% | |
West Kordofan | 2 | 0.2% | |
North Darfur | 2 | 0.2% | |
South Darfur | 1 | 0.1% | |
South Kordofan | 1 | 0.1% | |
East Darfur | 1 | 0.1% | |
Educational level | Illiterate | 1 | 0.1% |
informal education | 1 | 0.1% | |
Primary School | 7 | 0.6% | |
Secondary school | 127 | 10.6% | |
Bachelor degree | 1001 | 83.8% | |
Postgraduates | 58 | 4.9% | |
University grade | 1st year | 107 | 9.0% |
2nd year | 141 | 11.8% | |
3rd year | 167 | 14.0% | |
4th year | 119 | 10.0% | |
5th year | 60 | 5.0% | |
6th year | 25 | 2.1% | |
Not currently a university student | 576 | 48.2% | |
Faculty | Medical laboratory sciences | 46 | 3.9% |
Public health | 9 | 0.8% | |
Nursing | 53 | 4.5% | |
Pharmacy | 55 | 4.6% | |
Dentistry | 34 | 2.9% | |
Medicine | 435 | 36.6% | |
Non-medical fields | 504 | 42.4% | |
Not studying in university currently | 53 | 4.5% | |
Working status | Employed | 384 | 32.1% |
Unemployed | 811 | 67.9% | |
Family income sufficiency | Not enough at all | 130 | 10.9% |
Sufficient for basic needs only | 443 | 37.1% | |
Sufficient for basic needs and some additions | 574 | 48.0% | |
Sufficient for way above basic needs and luxuries | 48 | 4.0% | |
