Home visits to improve breast health knowledge and screening practices in a less privileged area in Jordan

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Basic characteristics of 2363 participating women and difference between revisited and not revisited women

		All women		Not revisited		Revisited		P-value*
Characteristic	Category	n=2363	%	n=1770	%	n=593	%
Age group	20-29	474	20	365	21	109	18	0.033
	30-39	598	25	468	27	130	22
	40-49	686	29	491	28	195	33
	50-59	377	16	272	15	105	18
	60-79	227	9.6	173	9.8	54	9.1
Marital status	Single	127	5.4	98	5.5	29	4.9	0.32
	Married	1903	80	1435	81	468	79
	Divorced	79	3.3	54	3.1	25	4.2
	Widow	254	11	183	10	71	12
Family income (JNAAFPL)**	< JNAAFPL	1913	81	1437	81	476	80	0.66
	≥ JNAAFPL	448	19	332	19	116	20
Health insurance	No	1753	74	1324	75	429	72	0.24
	Yes	610	26	446	25	164	28
Women Education	Illiterate	206	8.7	161	9.1	45	7.6	0.51
	Elementary	369	16	276	16	93	16
	Secondary	665	28	488	28	177	30
	High school	823	35	612	35	211	36
	College and higher	300	13	233	13	67	11
Husband’s education	illiterate	81	3.4	60	3.4	21	3.5
	Elementary	363	15	267	15	96	16	0.57
	Secondary	628	27	486	27	142	24
	High school	497	21	366	21	131	22
	College and higher	794	34	591	33	203	34
Women occupation	Housewife	2271	96	1709	97	562	95	0.040
	Other	87	3.7	57	3.2	30	5.1
Husband’s occupation	Retired	113	5.9	87	6.1	26	5.5	0.35
	Unemployed	185	9.7	150	10.5	35	7.4
	Handyman, driver	1024	54	758	53	266	56
	Employee	382	20	286	20	96	20
	Business owner	200	10	150	10	50	11
Previous lecture	Yes	560	24	398	22	162	27	0.011
	No	1801	76	1370	77	431	73
Pre-test knowledge	Scored 0-11	930	39	663	37	267	45	0.001
	Scored 12-16	1433	61	1107	63	326	55

*Difference between women revisited and not revisited.
**JNAAFPL = Jordan National Average Absolute Family Poverty Line (food and non-food poverty) in 2008 amounted to 5475 USD annually for the average family size of 5.7 members. [http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/Analasis_Reports/poverty_rep/poverty_rep_2008.pdf].

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