Table 3.
Prevalence of mammography screening among Lebanese women (2014) by selected variables (N = 2295)a.
| Life-time prevalence of mammography use |
Total | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever | Never | ||||
| Socio-demographic variables | |||||
| n (%) | 1033 (45·0) | 1262 (55·0) | 2295 | ||
| Age | Mean in years (SD) | 51·3 (10·0) | 48·0 (11·3) | 49·5 (10·9) | < 0·001 |
| Crowding index | Mean in person/room (SD) | 1·1 (0·6) | 1·2 (0·7) | 1·2 (0·6) | < 0·001 |
| Region (n, %) | Greater Beirut | 253 (53·8) | 217 (46·2) | 470 (20·5) | < 0·001 |
| Outside Greater Beirut | 780 (42·7) | 1045 (57·3) | 1825 (79·5) | ||
| Education (n, %) | Less than high school | 490 (40·9) | 707 (59·1) | 1197 (52·2) | < 0·001 |
| High school or technical | 329 (52·1) | 303 (47·9) | 632 (27·5) | < 0·001 | |
| University | 214 (45·9) | 252 (54·1) | 466 (20·3) | 0·696 | |
| Marital status (n, %) | Ever married | 926 (48·6) | 980 (51·4) | 1906 (83·1) | < 0·001 |
| Never married | 107 (27·5) | 282 (72·5) | 389 (16·9) | ||
| Psychosocial variables | |||||
| Perceived susceptibility | Low | 597 (39·3) | 923 (60·7) | 1520 (66·2) | < 0·001 |
| Medium–High | 436 (56·3) | 339 (43·7) | 775 (33·8) | ||
| Perceived severity | Low–Medium | 176 (36·6) | 305 (63·4) | 481 (21·2) | < 0·001 |
| High | 831 (46·6) | 952 (53·4) | 1783 (78·8) | ||
| Perceived benefits | Low–Medium | 180 (28·9) | 443 (71·1) | 623 (27·6) | < 0·001 |
| High | 827 (50·4) | 814 (49·6) | 1641 (72·5) | ||
| Perceived cost | Low | 355 (51·6) | 333 (48·4) | 688 (30·4) | < 0·001 |
| Medium–High | 652 (41·4) | 924 (58·6) | 1576 (69·6) | ||
| Accessibility | Low–Medium | 441 (25·8) | 791 (64·2) | 1232 (54·4) | < 0·001 |
| High | 566 (54·8) | 466 (45·2) | 1032 (45·6) | ||
| Husband's attitudesb | Neutral | 190 (42·2) | 260 (57·8) | 450 (29·6) | < 0·001 |
| Encouragement | 565 (52·9) | 504 (47·1) | 1069 (70·4) | ||
Bold represents the total number of participants involved in each specific column.
a
Some numbers may not add up to 2295 due to missing values.
b
Only 51 husbands (3·4% of total) were reported as objecting to the mammography of their spouses.