Relation between sociodemographic characteristics and awareness about folic acid (n=400)
| Ever heard of folic acid | |||
| Characteristics | Yes | No | P value |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age | |||
| ≤35 years | 183 (90.6) | 19 (9.4) | 0.10* |
| >35 years | 169 (85.4) | 29 (14.6) | |
| Nationality | |||
| Qatari | 311 (87.4) | 45 (12.6) | 0.15† |
| Non-Qatari | 38 (95.0) | 2 (5.0) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 284 (89.9) | 32 (10.1) | 0.025* |
| Non-married | 68 (81.0) | 15 (19.0) | |
| Educational level | |||
| College | 327 (88.1) | 44 (11.9) | 0.86† |
| Postgraduate education | 25 (89.3) | 3 (10.7) | |
| Place of work | |||
| Model schools | 43 (95.6) | 2 (4.4) | 0.32† |
| Primary schools | 200 (88.1) | 46 (11.9) | |
| Preparatory schools | 38 (86.4) | 6 (13.6) | |
| Secondary schools | 55 (84.5) | 10 (15.5) | |
| Family income | |||
| ≤20 000 | 151 (91.5) | 14 (8.4) | 0.18† |
| 20 001–30 000 | 161 (85.2) | 28 (14.8) | |
| >30 000 | 43 (93.5) | 3 (6.5) | |
*Χ2test.
†Fisher’s exact test.