Parents’ awareness of ear health in Madinah region, Saudi Arabia

Bedaiwi, Reenad Hussain; Salamah, Marzouqi Abdulaziz; Halawani, Roa Talal

doi:10.1186/s43163-022-00232-y

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 1577 parents)

From: Parents’ awareness of ear health in Madinah region, Saudi Arabia

		Frequency	Percent
Gender	Male	548	34.7
Gender	Female	1029	65.3
Total		1577	100.0
Age	Less than 20 year	26	1.6
	20–29	211	13.4
	30–39	450	28.5
	40–49	580	36.8
	50–59	310	19.7
Total		1577	100.0
Marital status	Married	1468	93.1
	Divorced	72	4.6
	Widow/er	37	2.3
Total		1577	100.0
Educational level	Illiterate	5	.3
	Primary school	18	1.1
	Intermediate school	37	2.3
	High school	260	16.5
	University and above	1257	79.7
Total		1577	100.0
Monthly income	Less than 5000	186	11.8
	5000–10000	455	28.9
	10000–15000	432	27.4
	15000–20000	351	22.3
	More than 20,000	153	9.7
Total		1577	100.0
Employee	Yes	985	62.5
Employee	No	592	37.5
Total		1577	100.0
If you are an employee, in which domain	Health domain (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, laboratory, nutrition, physiotherapy)	120	12.2
	Educational domain (teacher)	586	59.5
	Administrative domain	151	15.3
	Media domain (television, media, social media…)	18	1.8
	Others	110	11.2
Total		985	100.0
Exposure of the child to secondhand smoke	Yes	366	23.2%
Exposure of the child to secondhand smoke	No	1211	76.8%
Total		1577	100.0
Do you have any relatives with hearing loss:	Yes	363	23.0
Do you have any relatives with hearing loss:	No	1214	77.0
Total		1577	100.0
Was your child diagnosed with hearing loss	Yes	86	5.5%
Was your child diagnosed with hearing loss	No	1491	94.5%
Total		1577	100.0
Is your child exposed to noise frequently	Yes	649	41.2%
Is your child exposed to noise frequently	No	928	58.8%
Total		1577	100.0
Number of children in family:	Minimum	0
	Maximum	16
	Mean	3.33
	Std. deviation	2.12
Age of youngest child	Minimum	0
	Maximum	26
	Mean	5.64
	Std. deviation	4.44

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