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Table 4 Relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and socio-demographic characteristics of parents

From: Parental knowledge and attitudes to childhood hearing loss and hearing services in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Factor

Knowledge

Attitude

Good

N (%)

(n = 103)

Poor

N (%)

(n = 140)

Positive

N (%)

(n = 224)

Negative

N (%)

(n = 19)

Age group

 • 21–30

13 (12.6%)

36 (25.7%)

45 (20.1%)

04 (21.1%)

 • 31–40

30 (29.1%)

56 (40.0%)

77 (34.4%)

09 (47.4%)

 • 41–50

34 (33.0%)

33 (23.6%)

63 (28.1%)

09 (47.4%)

 • 51–60

16 (15.5%)

11 (07.9%)

25 (11.2%)

02 (10.5%)

 • > 60

10 (09.7%)

04 (02.9%)

14 (06.2%)

0

P-value

0.002 *

0.671

Parents’ gender

 • Father

45 (43.7%)

60 (42.9%)

93 (41.5%)

12 (63.2%)

 • Mother

58 (56.3%)

80 (57.1%)

131 (58.5%)

07 (36.8%)

P-value

0.897

0.068

Level of education

 • Secondary school or below

56 (54.4%)

76 (54.3%)

120 (53.6%)

12 (63.2%)

 • University

47 (45.6%)

64 (45.7%)

104 (46.4%)

07 (36.8%)

P-value

0.990

0.421

  1. P-values were calculated using chi-square tests. *Significant at p ≤ 0.05 level