Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Saudi Mothers towards Newborn Screening

Table 1

Demographic details of the participating women.

Variables	Participants ()
Age range (years)	18–48
Mean age	30.8
Education, number (%)
Intermediate or below	112 (26.5%)
High school/diploma	151 (35.6%)
University & above	132 (31.1%)
Occupation, number (%)
Housewife	257 (60.5%)
Education & health	101 (23.6%)
Government sector	17 (4.0%)
Others	49 (11.6%)
Regional Distribution, number (%)
Northern	49 (11.6%)
Southern	75 (17.7%)
Eastern	71 (16.7%)
Western	46 (10.8%)
Central	180 (42.5%)