Table 6.
Association between Demographic Variables and Total Breast Cancer Knowledge Scores (n=1,000)
| Variables | Knowledge of Breast Cancer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sufficient n=374(37.4%) | Insufficient n=626(62.6%) | Mean±SD | P-value | |
| Age | ||||
| <18-years | 2 (6.0) | 31 (94.0) | 4.06±4.71 | ˂0.001 |
| 18-35 years | 319 (38.9) | 501 (61.1) | 10.08±5.99 | |
| 36-50 years | 42 (38.5) | 67 (61.5) | 9.35±6.10 | |
| >50 years | 11 (28.9) | 27 (71.1) | 7.71±6.01 | |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 437 (67.8) | 208 (32.2) | 9.27±5.92 | ˂0.001 |
| Married | 189 (53.2) | 166 (46.8) | 10.51±6.27 | |
| Socio-Economic status | ||||
| Blue-collar worker | 51 (21.7) | 184 (78.3) | 7.35±5.50 | ˂0.001 |
| White-collar worker | 323 (42.2) | 442 (57.8) | 10.43±6.06 | |
| Year of Education | ||||
| Uneducated/illiterate | 10 (9.4) | 96 (90.6) | 4.86±4.92 | ˂0.001 |
| <5-years | 6 (16.2) | 31 (83.8) | 7.14±4.85 | |
| >5-years | 12 (25.0) | 36 (75.0) | 7.87±5.63 | |
| 10-years | 17 (25.4) | 50 (74.6) | 7.54±5.58 | |
| 12-years | 54 (32.3) | 113 (67.7) | 8.53±5.54 | |
| 14-years | 69 (31.9) | 147 (68.1) | 9.74±4.81 | |
| 16-years | 113 (51.6) | 106 (48.4) | 11.35±5.94 | |
| 18-years/more | 93 (66.4) | 47 (33.6) | 14.50±5.93 | |
| Family history of breast cancer | ||||
| Yes | 102 (42.8) | 136 (57.2) | 10.50±5.90 | ˂0.046 |
| No | 272 (35.7) | 490 (64.3) | 9.46±6.11 | |