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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 341)

From: Awareness and perceptions of child maltreatment among medical students and interns: a cross-sectional study

  

Total n = 341

Junior students n = 96

Senior n = 245

P-value*

Age (years)

Mean ± SD = 21.8 ± 1.9

17–20

71 (20.8%)

66 (68.8%)

5 (2%)

< 0.00

21–24

259 (76%)

30 (31.3%)

229 (93.5%)

> 24

11 (3.2%)

0 (0%)

11 (4.5%)

Gender

Male

146 (42.8%)

43 (44.8%)

103 (42%)

0.64

Female

195 (57.2%)

53 (55.2%)

142 (58%)

University

IAU

253 (74.2%)

76 (79.2%)

177 (72.2%)

0.19

King Faisal

88 (25.8%)

20 (20.8%)

68 (27.8%)

Marital Status

Single

313 (91.8%)

93 (96.9%)

220 (89.8%)

0.03

Married

28 (8.2%)

3 (3.1%)

25 (10.2%)

Have children

Yes

20 (5.9%)

3 (3.1%)

17 (6.9%)

0.18

No

321 (94.1%)

93 (96.9%)

228 (93.1%)

Nationality

Saudi

337 (98.8%)

94 (97.9%)

243 (99.2%)

0.33

Non-Saudi

4 (1.2%)

2 (2.1%)

2 (0.8%)

  1. *By Chi-square test, IAU = Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University