Research Article
Parental Knowledge of Children’s Developmental Milestones in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.
| | 1 (%) |
| | Gender | | Female | 962 (65.4) | | Male | 509 (34.6) | | Nationality | | Non-Saudi | 51 (3.5) | | Saudi | 1420 (96.5) | | Age | | 19-34 | 482 (32.8) | | 35-50 | 882 (60.0) | | 51-66 | 107 (7.3) | | Age at first childbirth | | 15-26 | 941 (64.0) | | 27-38 | 522 (35.5) | | 39-50 | 8 (0.5) | | Residency | | Urban | 1088 (74.0) | | Rural | 383 (26.0) | | Number of people living in home | | ≤5 | 724 (49.2) | | ≥6 | 747 (50.8) | | Job status | | Retired | 109 (7.4) | | Student | 61 (4.1) | | Unemployed | 354 (24.1) | | Working | 947 (64.4) | | Economic status | | Low | 54 (3.7) | | Middle | 1035 (70.4) | | High | 382 (26.0) | | Moved in the past year | | No | 1206 (82.0) | | Yes | 265 (18.0) | | Number of times moved in the past five years | | None | 767 (52.1) | | One time | 493 (33.5) | | Two times | 141 (9.6) | | Three or more times | 70 (4.8) | | Level of education | | Diploma, high school or less | 366 (24.9) | | College/university | 917 (62.3) | | Higher education (doctorate or master) | 188 (12.8) | | Marital status | | Married | 1427 (97.0) | | Divorced | 32 (2.2) | | Widowed | 12 (0.8) | | Number of children under 14 years | | 1 | 448 (30.5) | | 2 | 512 (34.8) | | 3 | 305 (20.7) | | 4 | 148 (10.1) | | ≥5 | 58 (3.9) | | Age of first child | | 1 day to less than 7 years | 418 (28.4) | | 7 years to less than 17 years | 538 (36.6) | | 17 years and more | 515 (35.0) | | Gender of first child | | Female | 701 (47.7) | | Male | 770 (52.3) | | Residence of children with their parents | | Never | 7 (0.5) | | Partial | 39 (2.7) | | Always | 1425 (96.9) | | Children with special needs | | No | 1393 (94.7) | | Yes | 78 (5.3) |
|
|
1Number of the participants.
|
