Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.

From: The 9-item Academic Self-Efficacy (ASE) scale: validity, reliability and measurement invariance across sexes and six Arab nations

 

Saudi Arabia (n = 394)

United Arab Emirates (n = 381)

Egypt (n = 225)

Lebanon

(n = 318)

Oman

(n = 319)

Kuwait

(n = 494)

Total

(n = 2131)

Age (years)

21.82 ± 4.66

21.06 ± 3.44

21.21 ± 3.03

21.22 ± 3.76

21.78 ± 3.37

22.94 ± 5.25

21.78 ± 4.21

Sex

 Male

151 (38.3%)

78 (20.5%)

70 (31.1%)

97 (30.5%)

74 (23.2%)

112 (22.7%)

582 (27.3%)

 Female

243 (61.7%)

303 (79.5%)

155 (68.9%)

221 (69.5%)

245 (76.8%)

382 (77.3%)

1549 (72.7%)

Major

 Medical

262 (66.5%)

286 (75.1%)

107 (47.6%)

193 (60.7%)

242 (75.9%)

381 (77.1%)

1471 (69.0%)

 Non-medical

132 (33.5%)

95 (24.9%)

118 (52.4%)

125 (39.3%)

77 (24.1%)

113 (22.9%)

660 (31.0%)

Household crowding index

1.34 ± 0.65

1.23 ± 0.52

1.32 ± 0.59

1.32 ± 0.58

1.35 ± 0.66

1.29 ± 0.62

1.31 ± 0.61

Academic self-efficacy

30.18 ± 11.64

35.53 ± 12.79

36.07 ± 14.15

38.69 ± 13.13

35.97 ± 14.23

35.28 ± 13.77

35.08 ± 13.48