Table 4.

The sources of health knowledge (n = 122).

Variable		n	The main source of knowledge (%)
			TV, Internet, press, radio	p	Professionals and materials at clinics	p	Other sources (school, family, friends)	p
Total		122	78		63		37
Age	<25	9	100	0.0638b	44.4	0.0874b	77.8	0.0319b
	25–44	39	79.5		48.7		43.6
	45–64	50	78		80		24
	65 or older	24	66.7		58.3		37.5
Gender	F	88	85.2	0.0016d	60.2	0.2876d	34.1	0.3034d
	M	34	58.8		70.6		44.1
Education	Primary	21	61.9	0.0159b	71.4	0.5016b	42.9	0.5321b
	Lower secondary	2	100		50		100
	Vocational	32	65.6		65.6		34.4
	Secondary	43	90.7		55.8		30.2
	Higher	24	83.3		66.7		41.7
Professional status	Employed	67	80.6	0.2573e	64.2	0.7393e	38.8	0.164e
	Retired	46	73.9		63		30.4
	Unemployed	4	50		75		25
	Students	5	100		40		80
Occupation	Farmers	65	75.4	0.3528e	69.2	0.1621e	33.8	0.7321e
	Other manual workers	20	65		45		45
	Office workers or other specialists	13	92.3		46.2		38.5
	Health professionals	8	87.5		87.5		25
	Teachers / educators	7	100		71.4		28.6
	Unemployed	9	77.8		55.6		55.6
Economic status	Bad	5	20	0.0734b	80	0.1258b	20	0.8216b
	Average	40	80		70		42.5
	Good	71	80.3		59.2		35.2
	Very good	6	83.3		50		33.3
Attitude to screening	Does not attend	60	76.7	0.8818d	51.7	0.0046d	45	0.0231d
	Attends	53	75.5		77.4		24.5
Family history of cancer	No	45	73.8	0.3829d	59.5	0.481d	38.1	0.8885d
	Yes	66	80.9		66.2		36.8

n, group size;

^bChi-squared test for trend;

^dPearson's chi-squared test;

^eFisher's exact test.