Table 1.
Socioeconomic Variables and Perceived Comparative Risk Distributed According to Women's (n = 396) Participation in Mammography Screening
| Never (n = 108) | Sometimes (n = 99) | Each year (n = 168) | Each second year (n = 17) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.94 (SD = 12.10) | 57.74 (SD = 11.90) | 55.58 (SD = 10.74) | 60.95 (SD = 9.89) | 0.000 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age | |||||
| Mean | |||||
| 40–49 years | 75 (44.91) | 31 (18.56) | 61 (36.53) | — | 0.000 |
| 50–59 years | 13 (12.04) | 32 (32.32) | 51 (30.36) | 6 (28.57) | |
| 60–69 years | 9 (8.33) | 17 (17.17) | 38 (22.62) | 5 (23.81) | |
| ≥70 years | 11 (10.19) | 19 (19.20) | 22 (13.09) | 6 (28.57) | |
| Education | |||||
| Low | 73 (67.59) | 70 (70.71) | 98 (58.34) | 9 (42.86) | 0.005 |
| Middle | 29 (26.85) | 25 (25.25) | 54 (32.14) | 6 (28.57) | |
| High | 6 (5.56) | 4 (4.04) | 16 (9.52) | 6 (28.57) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| No union | 40 (62.96) | 37 (37.37) | 67 (39.88) | 8 (38.10) | 0.963 |
| Stable union | 68 (37.04) | 62 (62.63) | 101 (60.12) | 13 (61.90) | |
| Ethnic origin | |||||
| Caucasian | 72 (66.67) | 65 (65.66) | 106 (63.10) | 13 (61.90) | 0.923 |
| Not Caucasian | 36 (33.33) | 34 (34.34) | 62 (36.90) | 8 (38.10) | |
| Income | |||||
| Low | 75 (69.44) | 62 (62.63) | 103 (61.31) | 9 (42.86) | 0.373 |
| Middle | 30 (27.78) | 33 (33.33) | 57 (33.93) | 10 (47.62) | |
| High | 3 (2.78) | 4 (4.04) | 8 (4.76) | 2 (9.52) | |
| Occupation status | |||||
| Occupied | 31 (28.70) | 35 (52.70) | 36 (21.43) | 8 (38.10) | 0.061 |
| Not occupied | 77 (71.30) | 34 (47.30) | 132 (78.57) | 13 (61.90) | |
| Family history of breast cancer | |||||
| No | 95 (87.96) | 89 (89.90) | 127 (75.60) | 17 (80.95) | 0.008 |
| Yes | 13 (12.04) | 10 (10.10) | 41 (24.40) | 4 (19.05) | |
| Perceived comparative risk | |||||
| All women (n = 396) | |||||
| Low | 96 (28.24) | 90 (26.47) | 138 (40.59) | 16 (4.70) | 0.040 |
| High | 12 (21.43) | 9 (16.07) | 34 (60.71) | 1 (1.79) | |
| Women aged 40–49 years (n = 168) | |||||
| Low | 67 (47.18) | 29 (20.42) | 46 (32.39) | — | 0.026 |
| High | 8 (32.00) | 2 (8.00) | 15 (60.00) | — | |
| Women aged ≥50 years (n = 229) | |||||
| Low | 29 (14.65) | 61 (30.81) | 92 (46.46) | 16 (8.08) | 0.434 |
| High | 4 (12.9) | 7 (22.58) | 19 (61.29) | 1 (3.23) | |
SD, standard deviation.