Table 2.
Socio-Demographic Variance About the Level of Awareness of Cancer Risk Factors and Sources of Information About Cancer Warning Symptoms among Adult Population in Assella Town Ethiopia, 2020.
| Study Variables (N = 410) | Level of Awareness about Cancer Risk Factors | Total n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category Good n (%) | Poor n (%) | |||
| Sex | Female | 131 (52.0) | 121 (48.0) | 252 (61.5) |
| Male | 103 (65.2) | 55 (34.8) | 158 (38.5) | |
| Age | 19–29 | 53 (75.7) | 17 (24.3) | 70 (17.1) |
| 30–39 | 61 (53.0) | 54 (47.0) | 115 (28.0) | |
| 40–49 | 57 (52.3) | 52 (47.7) | 109 (26.6) | |
| 50–59 | 43 (53.1) | 38 (46.9) | 81 (19.8) | |
| 60–69 | 20 (57.1) | 15 (42.9) | 35 (8.5) | |
| Educational status | Cannot read and write | 18 (45) | 22 (55) | 40 (9.8) |
| Can read and write | 42 (49.4) | 43 (50.6) | 85 (20.7) | |
| Primary | 31 (49.2) | 32 (50.8) | 63 (15.4) | |
| Secondary | 73 (57.9) | 53 (42.1) | 126 (30.7) | |
| Above 12 | 70 (72.9) | 26 (27.1) | 96 (23.4) | |