Table 1.
Variables | Sub-Groups | Emirati | Non-Emirati | Total | X2 | df | p-Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % a | No. | % a | No. | % a | |||||
Age Group | 25–34 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 30 | |||
30–44 | 11 | 39 | 8 | 31 | 19 | 35 | ||||
44+ | 9 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 19 | 35 | ||||
Level of Education | Primary School | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5.534 | 4 | 0.237 |
High School | 7 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 19 | ||||
University | 16 | 57 | 16 | 64 | 32 | 60 | ||||
Postgraduate | 3 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 17 | ||||
Employment Status | Student | 10 | 36 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 7.102 | 6 | 0.311 |
Employed | 11 | 39 | 13 | 52 | 24 | 45 | ||||
Unemployed | 4 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 15 | ||||
Retired | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Student+Employed | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Other | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Marital Status | Single | 9 | 32 | 11 | 44 | 20 | 38 | 1.991 | 3 | 0.574 |
Married | 17 | 61 | 12 | 48 | 29 | 55 | ||||
Divorced | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | ||||
Children | Yes | 16 | 67 | 14 | 67 | 30 | 67 | 0.237 | 2 | 0.888 |
No | 8 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 15 | 33 | ||||
Nationality | Emirati | 28 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 53 | |||
Arab | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Asian | 8 | 32 | 8 | 15 | ||||||
African | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
European | 9 | 36 | 9 | 17 | ||||||
North American | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Other Non-Emirati | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Residence | Urban | 24 | 86 | 18 | 75 | 42 | 81 | 3.187 | 2 | 0.203 |
Rural | 4 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 19 | ||||
Menstrual Status | Premenopausal | 23 | 92 | 16 | 67 | 39 | 80 | 2 | ||
Menopausal/Postmenopausal | 2 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 4.989 | 0.083 | ||
Family History of Breast Cancer | Yes | 1 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 18 | 7.457 | 2 | 0.024 * |
No | 20 | 95 | 17 | 71 | 37 | 82 | ||||
Total | 28 | 52 | 26 | 48 | 54 | 100 |
a Percentage of total women who answered the question. * Statistically significant difference, p < 0.05.