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Table 2 Association between psychological distress and social factors among the population living in KSA

From: Psychological distress and its risk factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Social factors

Psychological status

p value

Likely to be well

Mild disorder

Moderate disorder

Severe disorder

Age

 19–35 years

117 (55.45%)

40 (18.96%)

27 (12.80%)

27 (12.80%)

0.0001

 36–50 years

196 (63.84%)

49 (15.96%)

35 (11.40%)

27 (8.79%)

 More than 50 years

165 (76.04%)

33 (15.21%)

13 (5.99%)

6 (2.76%)

Nationality

 Saudi

421 (64.87%)

105 (16.18%)

70 (10.79%)

53 (8.17%)

0.3

 Non-Saudi, Arabic speakers

49 (62.03%)

17 (21.52%)

6 (7.59%)

7 (8.86%)

 Non-Saudi, non-Arabic speakers

9 (81.82%)

2 (18.18%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Marital status

 Unmarried

97 (55.11%)

34 (19.32%)

21 (11.93%)

24 (13.64%)

0.003

 Married

382 (67.85%)

90 (15.99%)

55 (9.77%)

36 (6.39%)

Gender

 Female

319 (62.92%)

86 (16.96%)

62 (12.23%)

40 (7.89%)

0.08

 Male

158 (68.70%)

38 (16.52%)

14 (6.09%)

20 (8.70%)

Income (SRa [per month)

 Less than 8000

147 (63.36%)

37 (15.95%)

27 (11.64%)

21 (9.05%)

0.4

 8000–16,000

153 (60.96%)

49 (19.52%)

27 (10.76%)

22 (8.76%)

 More than 16,000

179 (69.92%)

38 (14.84%)

22 (8.59%)

17 (6.64%)

Working status

 Not working or retired

199 (65.46%)

49 (16.12%)

33 (10.86%)

23 (7.57%)

0.9

 Working

280 (64.37%)

75 (17.24%)

43 (9.89%)

37 (8.51%)

Being a health care worker

 No

412 (66.03%)

102 (16.35%)

63 (10.10%)

47 (7.53%)

0.3

 Yes

67 (58.26%)

22 (19.13%)

13 (11.30%)

13 (11.30%)

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. p < 0.01
  3. aSaudi riyal