Data Analysis and Computational Methods for Assessing Knowledge of Obesity Risk Factors among Saudi Citizens

Table 3

Association between several demographic variables and knowledge of risk factors for obesity among respondents.

Variable	Poor	Good	value
Gender			0.001
Male	43 (5.7%)	705 (94.3%)
Female	18 (2.9%)	603 (97.1%)
Age			0.007
Less than 18	9 (11.8%)	67 (88.2)
18-30	29 (4.8%)	573 (95.2%)
30-40	13 (3.3%)	381 (96.7%)
40 and more	10 (3.4%)	287 (96.6%)
Marital status			0.191
Married	34 (3.9%)	837 (96.1%)
Unmarried	27 (5.4%)	471 (94.6)
Level of education			0.001
Primary and middle school	8 (17.8%)	37 (82.2%)
Secondary school	18 (8.4%)	197 (91.2%)
University student	29 (3.1%)	894 (96.9%)
Postgraduate	6 (3.2%)	180 (96.8%)
Work			0.704
Government employee	27 (4.4%)	589 (95.6%)
Private work	6 (3.4%)	171 (96.6%)
I do not work	28 (4.9%)	548 (95.1%)