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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (N = 424)

From: Health literacy as mediator between perception of illness and self-medication behaviour among outpatients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: implication to primary healthcare nursing

Characteristics

n

(%)

Age

Mean ± SD

37.29 ± 12.09

 

Marital Status

   
 

Single

202

47.6

 

Married

176

41.5

 

Separated/Divorced

46

10.8

Educational Level

   
 

Completed college

123

29.0

 

Did not complete college

162

38.2

 

Completed secondary

99

23.3

 

Elementary

40

9.4

Nationality

   
 

Saudi

205

48.3

 

Non-Saudi

219

51.7

Occupation

   
 

Blue-collar occupation

278

65.6

 

White-collar occupation

146

34.4

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