Table 3.
Comparison of regular screening test behavior with sociodemographic variables
| Variables | Regular BSEa
|
P-value | Regular CBEa
|
P-value | Regular mammographyb
|
P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | ||||
| Age-groupc | 0.03 | 0.17 | – | ||||||
| 20–39 years | 204 (40.1) | 305 (59.9) | 34 (6.7) | 475 (93.3) | – | – | |||
| 40–60 years | 212 (33.9) | 413 (61.6) | 30 (4.8) | 595 (95.2) | 522 (83.5) | 103 (16.5) | |||
| Marital statusc | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Married | 255 (36.7) | 439 (63.3) | 36 (5.2) | 658 (94.8) | 65 (16.9) | 319 (83.1) | |||
| Widow/separated | 161 (36.6) | 279 (63.4) | 28 (6.4) | 412 (93.6) | 38 (15.8) | 203 (84.2) | |||
| Health insurancec | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.01 | ||||||
| No | 56 (37.8) | 92 (62.2) | 4 (2.7) | 144 (93.7) | 6 (7.1) | 78 (92.9) | |||
| Yes | 360 (36.5) | 626 (63.5) | 60 (6.1) | 926 (93.9) | 97 (17.9) | 444 (82.1) | |||
| Family incomed | <0.001 | 0.002 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Low | 57 (13.3) | 371 (86.7) | 19 (4.4) | 409 (95.6) | 24 (8.3) | 264 (91.7) | |||
| Medium | 107 (28.4) | 270 (71.6) | 14 (3.7) | 363 (96.3) | 40 (21.4) | 147 (78.6) | |||
| High | 252 (76.6) | 77 (23.4) | 31 (9.4) | 298 (90.6) | 39 (26) | 111 (74) | |||
| Literacyd | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Illiterate | 19 (19.6) | 78 (80.4) | 2 (2.1) | 95 (97.9) | 8 (8.8) | 83 (91.2) | |||
| Primary school | 76 (28.4) | 192 (71.6) | 2 (0.7) | 266 (99.3) | 10 (3.9) | 248 (96.1) | |||
| Middle school | 105 (39.9) | 158 (60.1) | 6 (2.3) | 257 (97.7) | 40 (26.7) | 110 (73.3) | |||
| High school | 120 (41.8) | 167 (58.2) | 28 (9.8) | 259 (90.2) | 36 (35.5) | 66 (64.7) | |||
| Tertiary | 96 (43.8) | 123 (56.2) | 26 (11.9) | 193 (88.1) | 9 (37.5) | 15 (62.5) | |||
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.