- Selected characteristics of the sample, and their association with the awareness level regarding failure to thrive.
| Awareness level of the participating parents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factors | Good awareness | Intermediate awareness | Poor awareness | P-value |
| Age in year | ||||
| 15-30 | 30 (0.6) | 975 (22.1) | 469 (10.6) | 0.583 |
| 31-40 | 30 (0.6) | 926 (21.0) | 433 (9.8) | |
| 41-50 | 22 (0.4) | 730 (16.5) | 358 (8.1) | |
| >50 | 15 (0.3) | 273 (6.1) | 143 (3.2) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 65 (1.4) | 2015 (45) | 1010 (22.9) | 0.171 |
| Male | 32 (0.7) | 889 (20) | 393 (8.9) | |
| Region | ||||
| Central region | 63 (1.4) | 604 (13.7) | 161 (3.6) | 0.000* |
| Eastern region | 0 | 424 (9.6) | 456 (10.3) | |
| Southern region | 16 (0.3) | 551 (12.5) | 421 (9.5) | |
| Northern region | 18 (0.4) | 561 (12.7) | 68 (1.5) | |
| Western region | 0 | 764 (17.3) | 297 (6.7) | |
| Education | ||||
| University | 71 (1.6) | 1892 (42.9) | 919 (20.8) | 0.000* |
| High school | 12 (0.2) | 472 (10.7) | 244 (5.5) | |
| Postgraduate | 9 (0.2) | 265 (6) | 120 (2.7) | |
| Middle school | 4 (0.1) | 117 (2.6) | 60 (1.3) | |
| Primary school | 0 | 74 (1.6) | 51 (1.1) | |
| Illiterate | 1 (0.02) | 84 (1.9) | 9 (0.02) | |
| Nationality | ||||
| Saudi | 85 (1.9) | 2685 (60.0) | 1327 (30.1) | 0.008* |
| Non-Saudi | 11 (.2) | 170 (3.0) | 63 (1.4) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Employed | 55 (1.2) | 1682 (38.0) | 757 (17.1) | 0.048* |
| Unemployed | 42 (0.9) | 1222 (27.0) | 646 (14.6) | |
*Significant