variable | Egypt (N = 490) | Turkey (N = 420) | Kuwait (N = 300) | Syrians(N = 179) | UK (N = 177) |
Age | Age ranged from 14 to 75, Mean = 26.03, SD = 10.90, 20.4% adolescents. | Age ranged between 15 and 64 (M = 23.20, SD = 8.68) from which 18.9% were adolescents | age ranged from 15 - 50 (M = 26.37, SD = 8.50), from which 18.7% were adolescents | Age ranges between 19 and 54 (M = 28.7, SD = 6.16). | Age ranged between 18 and 40, M = 25.89, and SD = 5.66. |
Gender | 41.4 males | 72.4% males. | 39% males | 62.6% males | 60.7% females |
Religion | 49.6% of Muslims and 50.4% | 94.3% were Muslims and the balance was from other religious affiliations. | 99.7% Muslims, .3% Christians | 90.5% were Muslims, .6% Ismaili Muslim, 2.2% Christians, 2.2% atheists, .6% agonists, 2.2% identified with no religion, and .6% identified themselves as humanists | 24.2% Christians, .6% Jewish, 4.5% other religions, while 70.8% with no religious affiliation. |
Education | 7.9% elementary level, 1.8% middle school level, 27.3% high school level, 51.8% college level, and 11% graduate studies level | 5.9% elementary, 2.9%middle school, 17.5% high school, 71.7% college, and 1.9% graduate levels | 4.7% elementary school, 20.6% high school, 72.7% college and 2% graduate students | .6% was elementary school, .6% middle school, 8.4% high school, 74.9% undergraduate degree, and 15.6% have graduate degree. | 21.3% had a high school, 57.3% had an undergraduate degree, and 21.3% had a postgraduate degree |
Marital Status | 28.6% married, 68.8% single, 1.6% widowed, .4% divorced, .06% other | 15.5% were married, 82.6% were single and 1.9% other marital statuses | 35% married, 60.3% singles, 3% divorced, and 1.7% other. | 25.7% were married, 70.9% single, 2.8% divorced and .6% widowed? | 14.6% were married, 74.2% were single, 1.7% were divorced, and 9.6% had other marital statuses. |
Employment | 64.5% Students, 12.9% Employees , 3.4% professionals, 3.1% workers, 2.4% merchants, 1.4% retired, and 12.2% others | 75.1% students, 9.2% workers, 2% employees, .4% professionals, 2.9% retire, and 9.9% other | 55.3% students, 35.7% employees, 1.3% professionals, 4% retired, and 3.7% others. | 27.4% students, 18.4% are unemployed, 43% are employees, 3.4% merchants, 2.2% professionals, 1.7% workers, .6% retired, and 3.4% others | 48.9% were college students, 39.3% were employees, 6.2% were professionals, and 5.6% were others. |
Socio-Economic-Status | 1% very low, 2% low, 75.1% in the middle, 18.2% high, 3.7% very high | .5% very low, 6.5% low, 84.8% in the middle, 6.5% high, 1.7% very high | .0% very low, .7% low, 77% in the middle, 18.3% high, 4% very high | 25.7% very low, 33% low, 22.9% in the middle, 11.2% high, 7.3% very high | 1.7% very low, 20.3% low, 70.6% in the middle, 7.3% high, .0% very high |