Table 1. General characteristics of study patient participants SOH-IVSS (January–June 2022).
| Response on preference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indifferent | Prefers female | Prefers male | |||||||
| 520 | 38 | 24 | |||||||
| Variables | Categories | n | % | n | % | n | % | Total | p |
| Age | ≥45 years | 441 | 84.8 | 29 | 76.3 | 21 | 87.5 | 491 | 0.35 |
| <45 years | 79 | 15.2 | 9 | 23.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 91 | ||
| Religion | Catholic | 507 | 97.5 | 38 | 100.0 | 21 | 87.5 | 566 | 0.03 |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Other | 12 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12.5 | 15 | ||
| Religious | Yes | 494 | 95.0 | 36 | 94.7 | 22 | 91.7 | 552 | 0.77 |
| No | 26 | 5.0 | 2 | 5.3 | 2 | 8.3 | 30 | ||
| Marital status | Single | 259 | 49.8 | 18 | 47.4 | 15 | 62.5 | 292 | 0.59 |
| Married | 169 | 32.5 | 13 | 34.2 | 4 | 16.7 | 186 | ||
| Other | 92 | 17.7 | 7 | 18.4 | 5 | 20.8 | 104 | ||
| Level of education | No studies | 7 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 4.2 | 9 | 0.27 |
| Primary education | 129 | 24.8 | 9 | 23.7 | 2 | 8.3 | 140 | ||
| Secondary education | 156 | 30.0 | 10 | 26.3 | 12 | 50.0 | 178 | ||
| TSU | 62 | 11.9 | 7 | 18.4 | 1 | 4.2 | 70 | ||
| University | 166 | 31.9 | 11 | 28.9 | 8 | 33.3 | 185 | ||
Higher National Certificate (TSU)
Source: SOH-IVSS Breast Pathology Service surveys