Table 4 Factors associated with the frequency of procrastination among study participants
From: Assessment of chronic procrastination in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
Factors | Procrastinating frequency | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequent | Infrequent | ||||
No | % | No | % | ||
Region | 0.063 | ||||
Central Region | 310 | 66.1% | 159 | 33.9% | |
Northern Region | 51 | 67.1% | 25 | 32.9% | |
Eastern Region | 102 | 78.5% | 28 | 21.5% | |
Western Region | 210 | 72.2% | 81 | 27.8% | |
Southern Region | 91 | 71.7% | 36 | 28.3% | |
Gender | 0.517 | ||||
Male | 87 | 67.4% | 42 | 32.6% | |
Female | 677 | 70.2% | 287 | 29.8% | |
Age in years | 0.048*^ | ||||
18–24 | 725 | 70.1% | 309 | 29.9% | |
25–34 | 30 | 75.0% | 10 | 25.0% | |
35–44 | 7 | 58.3% | 5 | 41.7% | |
45–55 | 2 | 28.6% | 5 | 71.4% | |
Educational level | 0.780^ | ||||
Secondary / below | 123 | 70.7% | 51 | 29.3% | |
Diploma | 21 | 70.0% | 9 | 30.0% | |
University graduate | 607 | 69.5% | 266 | 30.5% | |
Post-graduate | 13 | 81.3% | 3 | 18.8% | |
Marital status | 0.523^ | ||||
Single | 734 | 69.9% | 316 | 30.1% | |
Married | 27 | 73.0% | 10 | 27.0% | |
Divorced / widow | 3 | 50.0% | 3 | 50.0% | |
Employment | 0.044*^ | ||||
Unemployed | 27 | 69.2% | 12 | 30.8% | |
Student | 717 | 70.7% | 297 | 29.3% | |
Employee | 18 | 51.4% | 17 | 48.6% | |
Retired | 2 | 40.0% | 3 | 60.0% | |