Table 5 Regression analysis of the overall negative knowledge among participants by different sociodemographic characteristics

Nationality

Saudi

Reference

-

-

Reference

-

-

Non-Saudi

1.323

1.014–1.725

0.039

Age (years)

18–29

1.276

1.089–1.496

0.003

1.293

1.104–1.514

< 0.001

≥ 30

Reference

-

-

-

-

-

Gender

Male

1.163

1.027–1.318

0.018

1.161

1.026–1.314

0.018

Female

Reference

-

-

Reference

-

-

Education

Secondary/Diploma

1.296

1.131–1.484

< 0.001

1.312

1.148–1.499

< 0.001

University & above

Reference

-

-

Reference

-

-

Residential area

Main city

1.091

0.922–1.290

0.310

-

-

-

Minor city

0.939

0.764–1.155

0.554

-

-

-

Village

Reference

-

-

-

-

-

Region

Central

Reference

-

-

Reference

-

-

Eastern

1.214

1.011–1.456

0.037

1.041

0.887–1.221

0.624

Western

1.178

1.010–1.374

0.037

0.947

0.797–1.125

0.535

Northern

1.279

1.075–1.522

0.005

1.232

0.940–1.615

0.131

Southern

1.004

0.767–1.315

0.977

1.252

1.052–1.492

0.012

Occupation

Unemployed

Reference

-

-

Reference

-

-

Student

0.756

0.634–0.900

0.002

1.096

0.930–1.291

0.275

Retired

1.135

0.814–1.582

0.455

1.430

1.202–1.701

< 0.001

Employee

1.061

0.897–1.256

0.490

0.856

0.682–1.074

0.178

Income per month

Below 4000 SR

0.959

0.829–1.110

0.578

-

-

-

From 4000 to 10,000 SR

0.955

0.839–1.088

0.488

-

-

-

More than 10,000 SR

Reference

-

-

-

-

-