Table 1.
Background factors associated with adoption of breast cancer prevention modalities among women in Kyadondo County (n = 414)
| Breast cancer prevention modalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Adopted (n = 150) | Did not adopt (n = 264) | Total | p-value |
| Age | ||||
| < 30 years | 94(62.7) | 135(51.1) | 229 | 0.049* |
| 31–50 years | 42(28.0) | 105(39.8) | 147 | |
| > 50 years | 14(9.3) | 24(9.1) | 38 | |
| Religion | ||||
| Anglican | 40(26.7) | 82(31.1) | 122 | 0.054* |
| Roman catholic | 54(36.0) | 68(25.8) | 122 | |
| Muslim | 40(26.7) | 66(25.0) | 106 | |
| Others(SDA etc) | 16(10.7) | 48(18.2) | 64 | |
| Level of education | ||||
| None | 10(6.6) | 42(15.9) | 52 | 0.000* |
| Primary | 36(24.0) | 126(47.7) | 162 | |
| Secondary | 52(34.7) | 72(27.3) | 124 | |
| Tertiary | 52(34.7) | 24(.1) | 76 | |
| Place or residence | ||||
| Urban | 120(80.0) | 246(93.2) | 366 | 0.024* |
| Semi urban | 28(18.7) | 8(3.0) | 36 | |
| Rural | 2(1.3) | 10(3.8) | 12 | |
*Indicates a p-value with a statistical significance