Table 2.
Participants' social and demographic profile (N = 35).
| Demographic Characteristics | BC Patients (N=20) n (%) |
Care-givers (N=8) n (%) |
Health Workers (N=5) n (%) |
Herbalists/Traditional Healers (N=2) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
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| 18 – 30 | 1 (5) | 3 (37.5) | 1 (20) | 0 (0.0) |
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| 31 – 60 | 17 (85) | 5 (62.5) | 4 (80) | 2 (100) |
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| 60+ | 2 (10) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Occupation | ||||
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| Unemployed | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Farming | 5 (25) | 3 (37.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Teaching | 3 (15) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Trading | 11 (55) | 2 (25) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Nursing | 1 (5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (40) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Medical physicist | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (60) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Student | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Other | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
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| Educational Level | ||||
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| No formal education | 4 (20) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Basic | 12 (60) | 5 (62.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
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| Secondary | 1 (5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Tertiary | 3 (15) | 3 (37.5) | 5 (100) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Marital Status | ||||
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| Single | 0 (0.0) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (60) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Married | 18 (90) | 5 (62.5) | 2 (40) | 2 (100) |
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| Widowed | 2 (10) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Religion | ||||
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| Christianity | 19 (95) | 7 (87.5) | 5 (100) | 2 (100) |
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| Islam | 1 (5) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Other | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Sex | ||||
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| Female | 20 (100) | 6 (75) | 1 (20) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Male | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25) | 4 (80) | 2 (100) |