Table 2.
Comparison of screening test behavior with sociodemographic variables
| Variables | BSEa
|
P-value | CBEa
|
P-value | Pap smeara
|
P-value | Mammographyb
|
P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | |||||
| Age-groupc | <0.001 | 0.2 | <0.001 | – | ||||||||
| 20–39 years | 311 (61.1) | 198 (38.9) | 55 (10.8) | 454 (89.2) | 109 (21.4) | 400 (78.6) | – | – | ||||
| 40–60 years | 300 (48) | 325 (52) | 56 (9) | 569 (91) | 210 (33.6) | 415 (66.4) | 187 (29.9) | 438 (70.1) | ||||
| Marital statusc | 0.7 | 0.24 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Married | 371 (53.5) | 323 (46.5) | 64 (9.2) | 630 (90.8) | 203 (29.3) | 491 (70.7) | 112 (29.2) | 272 (70.8) | ||||
| Widow/separated | 240 (54.4) | 200 (45.5) | 47 (10.7) | 393 (89.3) | 116 (26.4) | 324 (73.6) | 75 (31.1) | 166 (68.9) | ||||
| Health insurancec | 0.03 | 0.005 | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| No | 92 (62.2) | 56 (37.8) | 6 (4.1) | 142 (95.9) | 39 (26.4) | 109 (73.6) | 25 (29.8) | 59 (70.2) | ||||
| Yes | 519 (52.6) | 467 (47.4) | 105 (10.6) | 881 (89.4) | 280 (28.4) | 706 (71.6) | 162 (29.9) | 379 (70.1) | ||||
| Family incomed | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.03 | P<0.001 | ||||||||
| Low | 76 (17.8) | 352 (82.2) | 30 (7) | 398 (93) | 136 (31.8) | 292 (68.2) | 29 (10.1) | 259 (89.9) | ||||
| Medium | 251 (66.6) | 126 (33.4) | 29 (7.7) | 348 (92.3) | 107 (28.4) | 270 (71.6) | 60 (32.1) | 127 (67.9) | ||||
| High | 284 (86.3) | 45 (13.7) | 52 (15.8) | 277 (84.2) | 76 (23.1) | 253 (76.9) | 98 (65.3) | 52 (34.7) | ||||
| Literacyd | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.05 | P<0.001 | ||||||||
| Illiterate | 31 (32) | 66 (68) | 6 (6.2) | 91 (93.8) | 21 (21.6) | 76 (78.4) | 14 (15.4) | 77 (84.6) | ||||
| Primary school | 118 (44) | 150 (56) | 5 (1.9) | 263 (98.1) | 75 (28) | 193 (72) | 27 (10.5) | 231 (89.5) | ||||
| Middle school | 153 (58.2) | 110 (41.8) | 14 (5.3) | 249 (94.7) | 66 (25.1) | 197 (74.9) | 70 (46.7) | 80 (53.3) | ||||
| High school | 156 (54.4) | 131 (45.6) | 45 (15.7) | 242 (84.3) | 99 (34.5) | 58 (26.5) | 56 (54.9) | 46 (45.1) | ||||
| Tertiary | 153 (69.9) | 66 (30.1) | 41 (18.7) | 178 (81.3) | 161 (73.5) | 58 (26.5) | 20 (83.3) | 4 (16.7) | ||||
Notes:
a
n=1,134;
b
n=625;
c
χ2 test;
d
Mann–Whitney U test.
Abbreviations: BSE, breast self-examination; CBE, clinical breast examination.