Table 5.
Comparison of breast cancer screening practice with selected demographic variables
| Variable | Practice | P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes freq % | No freq % | ||
| BSE | |||
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 47 (65.3) | 25 (34.7) | 0.001a |
| Married | 116 (85.3) | 20 (14.7) | |
| Separated | 9 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Number of children | |||
| 1–2 | 64 (70.3) | 27 (29.7) | 0.019a |
| ≥3 | 89 (84.8) | 16 (15.2) | |
| No children | 19 (90.5) | 2 (9.5) | |
| Clinical breast examination | |||
| Age group (years) | |||
| <20 | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0.001a |
| 20–29 | 3 (13) | 20 (87) | |
| 30–39 | 47 (43.5) | 61 (56.5) | |
| 40–49 | 46 (63.9) | 26 (36.1) | |
| 50–59 | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | |
| >60 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Career | |||
| Lecturers | 22 (40.7) | 32 (59.3) | 0.004a |
| Laboratory scientists and general officers | 54 (62.1) | 33 (37.9) | |
| Temporary employees | 29 (38.2) | 47 (61.8) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 25 (34.7) | 47 (65.3) | 0.014a |
| Married | 76 (55.9) | 60 (44.1) | |
| Separated | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | |
| Education | |||
| Primary school | 11 (30.6) | 25 (69.4) | 0.037a |
| Secondary school | 14 (42.4) | 19 (57.6) | |
| Bachelor's degree | 47 (60.3) | 31 (39.7) | |
| Master's degree | 22 (51.2) | 21 (48.8) | |
| Ph.D. degree | 11 (40.7) | 16 (59.3) | |
| Income | |||
| <5000 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 0.002a |
| 5000–10 000 | 26 (38.8) | 41 (61.2) | |
| 10 001–20 000 | 13 (31) | 29 (69) | |
| 20 001–30 000 | 36 (66.7) | 18 (33.3) | |
| >30 000 | 29 (58) | 21 (42) | |
| Number of children | |||
| 1–2 | 34 (37.4) | 57 (62.6) | 0.022a |
| ≥3 | 59 (56.2) | 46 (43.8) | |
| No children | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | |
| Mammography | |||
| Career | |||
| Lecturers | 21 (38.9) | 33 (61.1) | <0.0001a |
| Laboratory scientists and general officers | 53 (60.9) | 34 (39.1) | |
| Temporary employees | 7 (9.2) | 69 (90.8) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 20 (27.8) | 52 (72.2) | 0.003a |
| Married | 61 (44.9) | 75 (55.1) | |
| Separated | 0 (0) | 9 (100) | |
| Education | |||
| Primary school | 2 (5.6) | 34 (94.4) | <0.0001a |
| Secondary school | 4 (12.1) | 29 (81.9) | |
| Bachelor's degree | 44 (56.4) | 34 (43.6) | |
| Master's degree | 19 (44.2) | 24 (55.8) | |
| Ph.D. degree | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | |
| Income | |||
| <5000 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | <0.0001a |
| 5000–10 000 | 6 (9) | 61 (91) | |
| 10 001–20 000 | 10 (23.8) | 32 (76.2) | |
| 20 001–30 000 | 34 (63) | 20 (37) | |
| >30 000 | 30 (60) | 20 (40) | |
a
P‐value by chi‐square test.