Table 1 Socio-demographic data of the study participants from the six countries (N = 7395)
Characteristic | Total (N = 7395)a | Lebanon (n = 2385)b | Kuwait (n = 1965)b | Bahrain (n = 1609)b | Jordan (n = 773)b | KSA (n = 388)b | UAE (n = 275)b | Pc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, Mean ± SD) | 39.82 ± 15 | 28.92 ± 10 | 50.13 ± 12 | 47.02 ± 12 | 33.29 ± 11 | 41.3 ± 13 | 34.7 ± 13 | <  0.001 |
<  35 | 3183 (43.0) | 1867 (78.3) | 287 (14.6) | 313 (19.5) | 442 (57.2) | 121 (31.2) | 153 (55.6) | <  0.001 |
35–49 | 1925 (26) | 365 (15.3) | 546 (27.8) | 536 (33.3) | 258 (33.4) | 146 (37.6) | 74 (26.9) | |
50–64 | 1915 (25.9) | 136 (5.7) | 908 (46.2) | 655 (40.7) | 64 (8.3) | 112 (28.9) | 40 (14.5) | |
≥ 65 | 372 (5) | 17 (0.7) | 224 (11.4) | 105 (6.5) | 9 (1.2) | 9 (2.3) | 8 (2.9) | |
Sex (%) | <  0.001 | |||||||
 Men | 2316 (31.3) | 688 (28.8) | 516 (26.3) | 538 (33.4) | 245 (31.7) | 217 (55.9) | 112 (40.7) | |
 Women | 5079 (68.7) | 1697 (71.2) | 1449 (73.7) | 1071 (66.6) | 528 (68.3) | 171 (44.1) | 163 (59.3) | |
Citizenship (%) | ||||||||
 Citizen | 6950 (94) | 2323 (97.2) | 1915 (97.4) | 1557 (96.8) | 754 (97.5) | 283 (72.9) | 118 (42.9) |  |
 Resident | 445 (6) | 62 (2.6) | 50 (2.5) | 52 (3.2) | 19 (2.5) | 105 (27.1) | 157 (57.1) | <  0.001 |
Education Level (%) | ||||||||
 No education/Illiterate | 26 (4) | 18 (0.8) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | <  0.001 |
 School Degree | 848 (11.5) | 353 (14.8) | 133 (6.8) | 203 (12.6) | 101 (13.1) | 43 (11.1) | 15 (5.5) | |
 Some College | 1132 (15.3) | 243 (10.2) | 400 (20.4) | 306 (19) | 72 (9.3) | 48 (12.4) | 63 (22.9) | |
 Bachelor’s Degree | 3703 (50.1) | 1000 (41.9) | 1201 (61.1) | 694 (43.1) | 462 (59.8) | 183 (47.2) | 163 (59.3) | |
 Post Graduate Degree | 1686 (22.8) | 771 (32.3) | 230 (11.7) | 404 (25.1) | 133 (17.2) | 114 (29.4) | 34 (12.4) | |
Marital Status (%) | ||||||||
 Single/Engaged | 2656 (35.9) | 1623 (68.1) | 280 (14.2) | 219 (13.6) | 318 (41.1) | 84 (21.6) | 132 (48) | <  0.001 |
 Married | 4290 (58) | 697 (29.2) | 1470 (74.8) | 1265 (78.6) | 431 (55.8) | 294 (75.8) | 133 (48.3) | |
 Widowed/Divorced | 449 (6.1) | 65 (2.7) | 215 (10.9) | 125 (7.8) | 24 (3.1) | 10 (2.6) | 10 (3.6) | |
Monthly household income (%) | ||||||||
  < $500 | 1236 (16.7) | 870 (54.7) | 12 (0.6) | 67 (4.2) | 258 (40.4) | 17 (4.4) | 12 (4.4) | <  0.001 |
 $501 - $1000 | 865 (11.7) | 292 (18.4) | 97 (4.9) | 201 (12.5) | 233 (36.5) | 23 (5.9) | 19 (6.9) | |
 $1001 - $2000 | 807 (10.9) | 167 (10.5) | 192 (9.8) | 287 (17.8) | 105 (16.4) | 36 (9.3) | 20 (7.3) | |
 $2001 - $3000 | 720 (9.7) | 85 (5.3) | 256 (13) | 254 (15.8) | 24 (3.8) | 60 (15.5) | 41 (14.9) | |
 $3001 - $4000 | 612 (8.3) | 43 (2.7) | 267 (13.6) | 203 (12.6) | 11 (1.7) | 55 (14.2) | 33 (12) | |
 $4001 - $5000 | 562 (7.6) | 3 (0.ƒ2) | 277 (14.1) | 185 (11.5) | 2 (0.3) | 62 (16) | 33 (12) | |
  > $5000 | 1664 (22.5) | 130 (8.2) | 864 (44) | 412 (25.6) | 6 (0.9) | 135 (83.8) | 117 (42.5) | |
Employment Status (%) | ||||||||
 No | 3643 (49.3) | 1097 (46) | 1031 (52.5) | 835 (51.9) | 392 (50.7) | 138 (35.6) | 150 (54.5) | <  0.001 |
 Yes | 3752 (50.7) | 1288 (54) | 934 (47.5) | 774 (48.1) | 381 (49.3) | 250 (64.4) | 125 (45.5) | |