Table 1 Descritive data on the charectersitics of study population
From: Prevalence of dry eye syndrome in association with the use of contact lenses in Saudi Arabia
Frequency | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 252 | 81.3 |
Male | 58 | 18.7 | |
Nationality | Saudi | 293 | 94.5 |
Non-Saudi | 17 | 5.5 | |
Region | Western | 144 | 46.5 |
Middle | 108 | 34.8 | |
Eastern | 26 | 8.4 | |
Northern | 16 | 5.2 | |
Southern | 16 | 5.2 | |
Age | Less than 18 | 37 | 11.9 |
18–24 | 179 | 57.7 | |
25–30 | 60 | 19.4 | |
31–40 | 23 | 7.4 | |
41–50 | 9 | 2.9 | |
More than 50 | 2 | 0.6 | |
Marital status | Single | 247 | 79.7 |
Married | 60 | 19.4 | |
Separated | 2 | 0.6 | |
Widowed | 1 | 0.3 | |
Employment | Unemployed | 235 | 75.8 |
Employee | 73 | 23.5 | |
Retired | 2 | 0.6 | |
Education | Uneducated | 2 | 0.6 |
Read and write | 1 | 0.3 | |
Intermediate school | 5 | 1.6 | |
High school | 79 | 25.5 | |
University | 223 | 71.9 | |
Residency | Rural | 29 | 9.4 |
Urban | 281 | 90.6 | |
Monthly income | Less than 5000 | 162 | 52.3 |
5000 to 10,000 | 68 | 21.9 | |
More than 10,000 | 80 | 25.8 | |
Smoking | Non smoker | 280 | 90.3 |
Smoker | 30 | 9.7 | |
Usage of contact lenses | No | 174 | 56.1 |
Yes | 136 | 43.9 | |
Frequency of usage | Yearly | 15 | 11.0 |
Every 6 months | 37 | 27.2 | |
Monthly | 50 | 36.8 | |
Daily | 34 | 25.0 | |