Table 3.
Knowledge About Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Signs and Symptoms by Socio-Demographic Data Among Study Sample (N=1353)
| Variables | Risk Factors Knowledge | P-value χ2-test | Signs and Symptoms Knowledge | P-value χ2-test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Intermediate | Good to Excellent | Poor | Intermediate | Good to Excellent | |||
| Age | 0.100 | 0.824 | ||||||
| ≤35 | 245 (39.6) | 307 (49.7) | 66 (10.7) | 129 (20.9) | 222 (35.9) | 267 (43.2) | ||
| 36–45 | 142 (37.3) | 208 (54.6) | 31 (8.1) | 75 (19.7) | 145 (38.1) | 161 (42.3) | ||
| 46–55 | 73 (33.0) | 130 (58.8) | 18 (8.1) | 40 (18.1) | 76 (34.4) | 105 (47.5) | ||
| ≥56 | 41 (30.8) | 82 (61.7) | 10 (7.5) | 24 (18.0) | 46 (34.6 | 63 (47.4) | ||
| Educational level | <0.001 | 0.001 | ||||||
| < Year 12 | 97 (42.5) | 115 (50.4) | 16 (7.0) | 67 (29.4) | 70 (30.7) | 91 (39.9) | ||
| Year 12 | 110 (44.7) | 122 (49.6) | 14 (5.7) | 60 (24.4) | 81 (32.9) | 105 (42.7) | ||
| Diploma | 87 (34.3) | 143 (56.3) | 24 (9.4) | 49 (19.3) | 94 (37.0) | 111 (43.7) | ||
| Bachelor | 189 (35.7) | 290 (54.7) | 51 (9.6) | 81 (15.3) | 213 (40.2) | 236 (44.5) | ||
| Postgraduate | 18 (18.9) | 57 (60.0) | 20 (21.1) | 11 (11.6) | 31 (32.6) | 53 (55.8) | ||
| Marital status | 0.108 | 0.498 | ||||||
| Single | 135 (38.4) | 176 (50.0) | 41 (11.6) | 65 (18.5) | 136 (38.6) | 151 (42.9) | ||
| Married | 366 (36.6) | 551 (55.0) | 84 (8.4) | 203 (20.3) | 353 (35.3) | 445 (44.5) | ||
| Residency | 0.255 | 0.015 | ||||||
| Urban | 313 (35.6) | 478 (54.4) | 87 (9.9) | 164 (18.7) | 302 (34.4) | 412 (46.9) | ||
| Rural | 188 (39.6) | 249 (52.4) | 38 (8.0) | 104 (21.9) | 187 (39.4) | 184 (38.7) | ||
| Working status | 0.190 | 0.207 | ||||||
| Yes | 162 (34.2) | 260 (54.9) | 52 (11.0) | 79 (16.7) | 171 (36.1) | 224 (47.3) | ||
| No | 278 (38.1) | 394 (54.0) | 57 (7.8) | 159 (21.8) | 260 (35.7) | 310 (42.5) | ||
| Student | 61 (40.7) | 73 (48.7) | 16 (10.7) | 30 (20.0) | 58 (38.7) | 62 (41.3) | ||
| Have you got children | 0.016 | 0.874 | ||||||
| Yes | 312 (35.1) | 503 (56.6) | 73 (8.2) | 178 (20.0) | 314 (35.4) | 396 (44.6) | ||
| No | 54 (47.8) | 48 (42.5) | 11 (9.7) | 25 (22.1) | 39 (34.5) | 49 (43.4) | ||
| Having previously any breast related problem? | 0.555 | 0.408 | ||||||
| Yes | 58 (33.7) | 99 (57.6) | 15 (8.7) | 31 (18.0) | 70 (40.7) | 71 (41.3) | ||
| No | 443 (37.5) | 628 (53.2) | 110 (9.3) | 237 (20.1) | 419 (35.5) | 525 (44.5) | ||
| Having currently any breast related problem? | 0.795 | 0.200 | ||||||
| Yes | 33 (34.0) | 54 (55.7) | 10 (10.3) | 26 (26.8) | 32 (33.0) | 39 (40.2) | ||
| No | 468 (37.3) | 673 (53.6) | 115 (9.2) | 242 (19.3) | 457 (36.4) | 557 (44.3) | ||
| Family history of breast cancer? | 0.129 | 0.889 | ||||||
| Yes | 70 (37.8) | 91 (49.2) | 24 (13.0) | 37 (20.0) | 64 (34.6) | 84 (45.4) | ||
| No | 431 (36.9) | 636 (54.5) | 101 (8.6) | 231 (19.8) | 425 (36.4) | 512 (43.8) | ||