Table 1.
Characteristics of the interviewed women.
| Case no. | Age | Marital status | Education | Employment status | Ethnicity | Family history of BC | Had breast cancer screening before | Health insurance coverage | Stage | Interval between symptom discovery and diagnosis (in months) |
| 1. | 36 | Single | University | Employed | Other Arab national | Yes | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | 3–5 |
| 2. | 40 | Married | High school | Employed | UAE national | Yes | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | >24 |
| 3. | 36 | Single | Diploma | Employed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | III | >24 |
| 4. | 50 | Single | Diploma | Employed | UAE national | No | Yes | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | 3–5 |
| 5. | 36 | Single | High school | Unemployed | Other Arab national | No | Never | Exempted from payment | III | 6–10 |
| 6. | 36 | Widow | Diploma | Employed | UAE national | No | Yes | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | 3–5 |
| 7. | 36 | Married | High school | Unemployed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | 3–5 |
| 8. | 40 | Married | High school | Employed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | III | 3–5 |
| 9. | 45 | Married | High school | Employed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | 11–12 |
| 10. | 47 | Single | No formal education | Unemployed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | 3–5 |
| 11. | 48 | Married | High school | Employed | Other Arab national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | III | 11–12 |
| 12. | 36 | Married | University | Unemployed | UAE national | Yes | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | III | 3–5 |
| 13. | 55 | Married | No formal education | Unemployed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | IIB | >24 |
| 14. | 55 | Married | High school | Employed | Other Arab national | No | Yes | Exempted from payment | IIB | 3–5 |
| 15. | 60 | Married | No formal education | Unemployed | Other Arab national | No | Never | Exempted from payment | IIB | 13–18 |
| 16. | 60 | Married | University | Employed | Other Arab national | No | Never | Exempted from payment | III | >24 |
| 17. | 65 | Married | No formal education | Unemployed | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | III | 3–5 |
| 18. | 67 | Married | High school | Retired | UAE national | No | Never | Full coverage (screening+treatment) | III | >24 |
| 19. | 68 | Married | University | Retired | Other Arab national | No | Never | Exempted from payment | III | 19–24 |