Research Article
Parental Knowledge of Children’s Developmental Milestones in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge of respondents about developmental milestones.
| | Demographic | Level of knowledge | | value | | Not accepted 1 (%) | Accepted 1 (%) |
| | Gender | | Female | 760 (79.0) | 202 (21.0) | 28.171 | | | Male | 458 (90.0) | 51 (10.0) | | Nationality | | Non-Saudi | 43 (84.3) | 8 (15.7) | 0.085 | | | Saudi | 1175 (82.7) | 245 (17.3) | | Age | | 19-34 | 405 (84.0) | 77 (16.0) | 1.435 | | | 35-50 | 722 (81.9) | 160 (18.1) | | 51-66 | 91 (85.0) | 16 (15.0) | | Age at first childbirth | | 15-26 | 761 (80.9) | 180 (19.1) | 10.038 | | | 27-38 | 452 (86.6) | 70 (13.4) | | 39-50 | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | | Residency | | Urban | 890 (81.8) | 198 (18.2) | 2.930 | | | Rural | 328 (85.6) | 55 (14.4) | | Number of people living in home | | ≤5 | 613 (84.7) | 111 (15.3) | 3.492 | | | ≥6 | 605 (81.0) | 142 (19.0) | | Job status | | Student | 50 (82.0) | 11 (18.0) | 11.153 | | | Working | 806 (85.1) | 141 (14.9) | | Retired | 88 (80.7) | 21 (19.3) | | Unemployed | 274 (77.4) | 80 (22.6) | | Economic status | | Low | 47 (87.0) | 7 (13.0) | 0.983 | | | Middle | 852 (82.3) | 183 (17.7) | | High | 319 (83.5) | 63 (16.5) | | Moved in the past year | | No | 997 (82.7) | 209 (17.3) | 0.080 | | | Yes | 221 (83.4) | 44 (16.6) | | Number of times moved in the past five years | | None | 631 (82.3) | 136 (17.7) | 0.788 | | | One time | 408 (82.8) | 85 (17.2) | | Two times | 120 (85.1) | 21 (14.9) | | Three or more times | 59 (84.3) | 11 (15.7) | | Level of education | | Diploma, high school or less | 297 (81.1) | 69 (18.9) | 3.211 | | | College/university | 759 (82.8) | 158 (17.2) | | Higher education (doctorate or master) | 162 (86.2) | 26 (13.8) | | Marital status | | Married | 1186 (83.1) | 241 (16.9) | 3.292 | | | Divorced | 23 (71.9) | 9 (28.1) | | Widowed | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) | | Number of children under 14 years | | 1 | 381 (85.0) | 67 (15.0) | 6.808 | | | 2 | 428 (83.6) | 84 (16.4) | | 3 | 238 (78.0) | 67 (22.0) | | 4 | 122 (82.4) | 26 (17.6) | | ≥5 | 49 (84.5) | 9 (15.5) | | Age of first child | | 1 day to 6 years | 363 (86.8) | 55 (13.2) | 6.697 | | | 7 years to 16 years | 437 (81.2) | 101 (18.8) | | 17 years and more | 418 (81.2) | 97 (18.8) | | Gender of first child | | Female | 583 (83.2) | 118 (16.8) | 0.126 | | | Male | 635 (82.5) | 135 (17.5) | | Residence of children with their parents | | Never | 7 (100) | 0 | 1.474 | | | Partial | 32 (82.1) | 7 (17.9) | | Always | 1179 (82.7) | 246 (17.3) | | Children with special needs | | No | 1156 (83.0) | 237 (17.0) | 0.635 | | | Yes | 62 (79.5) | 16 (20.5) |
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1Number of the participants; statistically significant. |
