Table 1

Surveyed households’ characteristics (N=1176)

Characteristicsn%
Predisposing
Household head gender
 Female28824.49
 Male88875.51
Household head age group (years)
 ≤2932127.3
 30–3924921.17
 40–4924020.41
 50–5920717.6
 ≥6015913.52
Household head marital status
 Not married20417.35
 Married97282.65
Household head living condition
 Alone968.16
 With family108091.84
Household head educational status
 Illiterate/read/write17414.8
 School degree51343.62
 Higher education48941.58
Number of family members
 ≤338432.65
 4–652844.9
 ≥726422.45
Presence of at least one member less than 14 years of age
 No55246.94
 Yes62453.06
Nationality
 Saudi111694.90
 Non-Saudi605.10
Enabling
Residential area
 Rural26422.45
 Urban91277.55
Household head employment status
 Unemployed52844.9
 Employed64855.1
SES index
 Q1 (Poorest) (lowest 20%)15613.27
 Q2 (Poor)32727.81
 Q3 (Middle)28824.49
 Q4 (Wealthy)23419.9
 Q5 (Wealthiest) (higher 20%)17114.54
Health insurance
 No64856.84
 Yes49243.16
Having a regular doctor
 No62453.06
 Yes55246.94
Need based
Household head’s level of physical activity
 Active44437.76
 Moderately active42035.71
 Inactive31226.53
Presence of at least one member with a chronic condition
 No45638.78
 Yes72061.22
Number of members with a chronic condition in the households
 Not-CCA household45638.78
 One-CCA household40834.69
 More-than-one-CCA household31226.53
Presence of at least one member with a disability
 No86475.79
 Yes27624.21
Presence of at least one pregnant member
 No95881.51
 Yes21818.49
  • Not-CCA household denotes households not affected by a chronic condition. One-CCA household denotes households affected by one chronic condition. More-than-one-CCA household denotes households affected by more than one chronic condition.

  • SES, socioeconomic status.