Tab. I.

Demographics and characteristics of female senior secondary school students in State Government-owned schools of Otuocha Educational Zone, Anambra State, Nigeria.

S/N	Respondent variable	Various components	Number	Percent
1.	Age Details (n = 317)	Mean	16.79
		Mode	17
		Median	17.00
		Standard deviation	1.475
		Range	12 (13-25)
2.	Local Government Area (n = 307)	Anambra East	158	51.5
		Anambra West	57	18.6
		Ayamelum	92	30.0
3.	Knowledge of someone with breast cancer (n = 290)	Yes: family member affected	12	4.1
		Yes: none family member	40	13.8
		No: I know no affected person	238	82.1
4.	Mother’s highest educational attainment (n = 312)	Not educated at all	31	9.9
		Completed primary school	119	38.1
		Completed secondary school health	123	39.4
		Completed post-secondary education (university, polytechnic, etc.)	39	12.5
5.	Father’s highest educational attainment (n = 307)	Not educated at all	29	9.4
		Completed primary school	117	38.1
		Completed secondary school	118	38.4
		Completed post-secondary education (university, polytechnic, etc.)	43	14.0
6.	Source of information regarding BSE* and breast cancers (This questions allowed respondents to tick multiple answers)	Television/radio	162	50.5
		School teachers	158	49.2
		Health workers (doctors, nurses, etc.)	148	46.1
		Newspaper/magazines/textbooks	138	43.0
		Friends/peers	113	35.2
		Internet (Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc.)	102	31.8
		Home/family	101	31.5
		Church	51	15.9
		Not sure	16	5.0
7.	Ever heard of BSE? (n = 315)	Yes	174	55.2
		No	114	36.2
		Not sure	27	8.6
8.	Ever heard of breast cancer? (n = 318)	Yes	269	84.6
		No	43	13.5
		Not sure	6	1.9

*BSE: Breast self-examination