Table 3: Using social media within the practice of dentistry in relation to demographic and social variables.

Variable Category Social Media Usage
Yes 		Social Media Usage
No 		Total % P- value
No % No %
Age 20-30 73 56.6 56 43.4 129 38.2 0.514
31-40 57 50.4 56 49.6 113 33.4
41-50 26 45.6 31 54.4 57 16.9
50 or more 19 48.7 20 51.3 39 11.5
Gender Male 111 53.4 97 46.6 209 61.5 0.503
Female 64 49.2 66 50.8 130 38.5
Nationality Saudi 51 35.9 91 64.1 142 42 ≤0.001*
Non-Saudi 124 63.3 72 36.7 196 58
Specialty General Practitioner 105 57.4 78 42.6 183 54.1 0.029*
Specialist 70 45.2 85 54.8 116 34.3
Work Sector Government 51 44.0 65 56.0 184 54.4 ≤0.001*
Private 113 61.4 71 38.6 196 58
Both 11 28.9 27 71.1 38 11.2
Monthly Income Less than SR15,000 45 57.0 34 43 79 23.4 0.026*
SR15,000 – SR20,000 61 53.5 53 46.5 114 33.7
SR21,000 – SR25,000 39 60.0 26 40 65 19.2
more than SR25,000 30 37.5 50 62.5 80 23.7
Location of Practice North of Riyadh 33 50 33 50 66 19.5 0.450
East of Riyadh 84 48.6 89 51.4 173 51.2
South of Riyadh 44 58.7 31 41.3 75 22.2
West of Riyadh 14 58.3 10 41.7 24 7.1

* Statistically significant using Chi square test