Table 1 University students’ sociodemographic characteristics according to their gender presented in numbers (n) and percentages (%)
Variables | Males (n = 197) | Females (n = 253) | Total (n = 450) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
University | Palestine Polytechnic University | 87 | 44.2 | 92 | 36.4 | 179 | 39.8 |
Hebron university | 84 | 42.6 | 101 | 39.9 | 185 | 41.1 | |
Bethlehem university | 26 | 13.2 | 60 | 23.7 | 86 | 19.1 | |
Major | Social Sciences/ Humanity | 56 | 28.4 | 67 | 26.5 | 123 | 27.3 |
Sciences | 119 | 60.4 | 170 | 67.2 | 289 | 64.2 | |
Applied Professions | 22 | 11.2 | 16 | 6.3 | 38 | 8.4 | |
Academic year | 1st year | 59 | 29.9 | 89 | 35.2 | 148 | 32.9 |
2nd year | 56 | 28.4 | 46 | 18.2 | 102 | 22.7 | |
3rd year | 41 | 20.8 | 68 | 26.9 | 109 | 24.2 | |
4th year | 36 | 18.3 | 48 | 19.0 | 84 | 18.7 | |
5th year | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.6 | |
Place of residence | City | 103 | 52.3 | 165 | 65.2 | 268 | 59.6 |
Village | 79 | 40.1 | 77 | 30.4 | 156 | 34.7 | |
Camp | 15 | 7.6 | 11 | 4.3 | 26 | 5.8 | |
Living status | With the family | 188 | 95.4 | 244 | 96.4 | 432 | 96.0 |
University accommodation | 9 | 4.6 | 9 | 3.6 | 18 | 4.0 | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 195 | 99.0 | 231 | 91.3 | 426 | 94.7 |
Married | 2 | 1.0 | 22 | 8.7 | 24 | 5.3 | |
Personal monthly income (Israeli shekel)a | < 500 | 114 | 57.9 | 192 | 75.9 | 306 | 68.0 |
500–1000 | 32 | 16.2 | 30 | 11.9 | 62 | 13.8 | |
> 1000 | 51 | 25.9 | 31 | 12.3 | 82 | 18.2 | |
Source of funding | Scholarship | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 2.8 | 11 | 2.4 |
Parents | 163 | 82.7 | 241 | 95.3 | 404 | 89.8 | |
Others | 30 | 15.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 35 | 7.8 | |