Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude towards Osteoporosis among Syrian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic variables of the study sample.

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Age	18-30	3884	63.9%
	31-40	1058	17.4%
	Above 40 years	1140	18.7%
Social status	Single	3431	56.4%
	Married	2271	37.3%
	Divorced	157	2.6%
	Widow	223	3.7%
Weight	Under 50 kg	695	11.4%
	50-60 kg	2307	37.9%
	61-80 kg	2538	41.7%
	Above 80 kg	464	7.6%
	Prefer to not say	78	1.3%
Height	Under 150 cm	63	1.0%
	150-160 cm	2603	42.8%
	161-170 cm	2844	46.8%
	Above 170 cm	390	6.4%
	Prefer to not say	182	3.0%
Nationality	Syrian	5387	88.6%
	Non-Syrian	695	11.4%
Region	City	1384	22.8%
	Rural region	4698	77.2%
Unhealthy habits practice daily	Smoking	459	7.5%
	Hookahs	1363	22.4%
	Both of them	192	3.2%
	Alcohol	58	1.0%
	All the above	157	2.6%
	None of the above	3852	63.3%
Educational level	Illiterate	94	1.5%
	Primary school	192	3.2%
	Secondary school	750	12.3%
	University stage or above	4723	83%
Economic level	Bad	250	4.3%
	Moderate	1257	20.7%
	Good	4168	68.5%
	High	397	6.5%
Menstrual status	Age of reproductive activity (existing menstrual cycle)	5429	89.3%
	Menopause period (menstrual cycle stopped)	653	10.7%
Working status	Full time work	1093	18.0%
	Partial time work	880	14.5%
	I am student and worker	547	9.0%
	I do not work because I am a student	1627	26.8%
	I do not work because I am a housewife	1935	31.8%