Research Article
Quantifying the Levels of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Associated with Sickle Cell Disease and Premarital Genetic Counseling in 350 Saudi Adults
Table 2
Level of knowledge in association with study variables.
| | Study Variables | Knowledge N () | χ2 value | P value | | Good | Poor |
| | Age (years) | 18 – 28 | 27 (26.7) | 86 (34.4) | 8.170 | 0.043 | | 29 – 39 | 40 (39.6) | 72 (28.8) | | 40 – 50 | 26 (25.7) | 52 (20.8) | | >50 y | 8 (7.9) | 40 (16) |
| | Gender | Male | 4 (33.7) | 66 (26.4) | 1.863 | 0.172 | | Female | 67 (66.3) | 184 (73.6) | |
| | Marital status | Single | 18 (17.8) | 65 (26) | 5.611 | 0.132 | | Married | 78 (77.2) | 162 (64.8) | | | Widowed | 3 (3) | 10 (4) | | | Divorced | 2 (2) | 13 (5.2) | |
| | Educational level | Illiterate | 2 (2) | 8 (3.2) | 5.680 | 0.339 | | Read/Write | 3 (3) | 6 (2.4) | | | Elementary | 2 (2) | 18 (7.2) | | | Intermediate | 6 (5.9) | 17 (6.8) | | | High School | 27 (26.7) | 49 (19.6) | | | University | 61 (60.4) | 152 (60.8) | |
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