Table 4.

Correlation matrix of the study variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Age	1
2. Education	− 0.068	1
3. Knowledge	− 0.134*	0.292*	1
4. Attitude	− 0.176*	0.195*	0.545*	1
5. Practice	− 0.302*	0.144*	0.281*	0.372*	1
6. Self-care	0.134*	0.199*	0.448*	0.339*	0.062	1
7. Shyness	0.209*	0.010	− 0.320*	− 0.501*	− 0.518*	− 0.084	1
8. BrHD	0.175*	− 0.132*	− 0.308*	− 0.333*	− 0.368*	− 0.190*	0.633*	1
9. NotEdF	0.293*	− 0.186*	− 0.317*	− 0.336*	− 0.456*	− 0.131*	0.531*	0.471*	1
10. Physician’s Gender	0.287*	0.159*	− 0.040	− 0.240*	− 0.343*	0.042	0.456*	0.283*	0.346*	1

Notes: * is significant at 0.01 level; BrHD- discouraged Breast health discussion; NotEdF- Not educated by family/friends