TABLE 3.
Knowing what prostate cancer was and age and educational level (N = 269).
| Variable | Know what prostate cancer is |
Do not know what prostate cancer is |
Total |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Age (years) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.025 |
| 40–49 | 37 | 13.8 | 102 | 37.9 | 139 | 51.7 | - |
| 50–59 | 19 | 7.1 | 54 | 20.1 | 73 | 27.1 | - |
| 60–69 | 7 | 2.6 | 34 | 12.6 | 41 | 15.2 | - |
| 70 > | 2 | 0.7 | 14 | 5.2 | 16 | 5.9 | - |
| Educational level | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.104 |
| No formal education | 17 | 6.3 | 52 | 19.3 | 69 | 25.7 | - |
| Grade 1–7 | 12 | 4.5 | 49 | 18.2 | 61 | 22.7 | - |
| Form 1–4 | 11 | 4.1 | 48 | 17.8 | 59 | 21.9 | - |
| Form 5–6 | 17 | 6.3 | 47 | 17.5 | 64 | 23.8 | - |
| Tertiary education | 8 | 3.0 | 8 | 3.0 | 16 | 5.9 | - |