Table 1.

Socio-economic characteristics of the sample.

	BPCQ Test Area	Total		Ovarian		Endometrial		Breast
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Education	Primary/vocational	102	21.2	40	23.3	28	24.1	34	17.6
	Secondary	211	43.9	65	37.8	57	49.1	89	46.1
	Higher	168	34.9	67	39.0	31	26.7	70	36.3
Place	Up to 100,000 inhabitants	271	56.3	95	55.2	75	64.7	101	52.3
of Residence	More than 100,000 inhabitants	210	43.7	77	44.8	41	35.3	92	47.7
Professionally active	Yes	229	47.6	89	51.7	48	41.4	92	47.7
	No	252	52.4	83	48.3	68	58.6	101	52.3
Income	Up to 1500 PLN	221	45.9	68	39.5	54	46.6	99	51.3
	Less than 1500 PLN	260	54.1	104	60.5	62	53.4	94	48.7

BPCQ = Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire; n = sample size; % = percentage of sample.