Table 5.
Bivariate analysis of knowledge, attitude and prevalence of prostate cancer screening
| Socio demographic variable | Poor knowledge (n=192) Frequency (Percentage) | Good knowledge (n=152) Frequency (Percentage) | P value | Poor attitudes (n=118) Frequency (Percentage) | Good attitudes (n=226) Frequency (Percentage) | P value | Ever screened (n= 73) Frequency (Percentage) | Never screened (n = 271) Frequency (Percentage) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in mean (SD) | 52.3(10.1) | 53.3 (9.7) | 0.349 | 52.6 (9.1) | 52.9 (10.4) | 0.835 | 59.5(10.7) | 50.94(8.9) | 0.000 |
| Marital status | 0.524 | 0.159 | 0.014 | ||||||
| Married | 139 (72.4) | 103 (67.8) | 87 (73.7) | 155 (68.6) | 47 (64.4) | 195 (72.0) | |||
| Single | 37 (19.3) | 37 (24.3) | 26 (22.0) | 48 (21.2) | 14 (19.2) | 60 (22.1) | |||
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 16 (8.3) | 12 (7.9) | 5 (4.2) | 23 (10.2) | 12 (16.4) | 16 (5.9) | |||
| Ethnicity | 0.032 | 0.584 | 0.013 | ||||||
| Yoruba | 125 (65.1) | 88 (57.9) | 77 (65.3) | 136 (60.2) | 48 (65.8) | 165 (60.9) | |||
| Igbo | 41 (21.4) | 41 (27.0) | 25 (21.2) | 57 (25.2) | 10 (13.7) | 72 (26.6) | |||
| Hausa | 21 (10.9) | 17 (11.2) | 11 (9.3) | 27 (11.9) | 14 (19.2) | 24 (8.9) | |||
| Others | 5 (2.6) | 6 (3.9) | 5 (4.2) | 6 (2.7) | 1 (1.4) | 10 (3.7) | |||
| Highest level of Education | 0.000 | 0.137 | 0.075 | ||||||
| Primary or less | 50 (26) | 22 (14.5) | 25 (21.2) | 47 (20.8) | 21 (28.8) | 51(18.8) | |||
| Secondary | 110 (57.3) | 64 (42.1) | 52 (44.1) | 122 (54.0) | 29 (39.7) | 145 (53.5) | |||
| Tertiary | 32 (16.7) | 66 (43.4) | 41 (34.7) | 57 (25.2) | 23 (31.5) | 75 (27.7) | |||
| Occupation | 0.059 | 0.932 | 0.041 | ||||||
| Skilled | 40(20.8) | 35 (23.1) | 25 (21.2) | 50 (22.1) | 13 (17.8) | 62 (22.9) | |||
| Unemployed | 25 (13.0) | 7 (4.6) | 13 (11.0) | 19 (8.4) | 1 (1.4) | 31 (11.4) | |||
| Semi-skilled | 117 (60.9) | 101 (66.4) | 73 (61.9) | 145 (64.2) | 53 (72.6) | 165 (60.9) | |||
| Unskilled | 10 (5.2) | 9 (56.9) | 7 (5.9) | 12 (5.3) | 6 (8.2) | 13 (4.8) | |||
| Religion | 0.003 | 0.859 | 0.782 | ||||||
| Christianity | 97 (50.5) | 103 (67.8) | 71(60.2) | 129(57.1) | 44 (60.3) | 156 (57.6) | |||
| Muslim | 92 (47.9) | 49 (32.2) | 46 (39.0) | 95 (42.0) | 28 (38.4) | 113 (41.7) | |||
| Traditional | 3 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (0.7) |