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Table 5 The relations between socio-demographic variables and BSE practice (n = 718)

From: Awareness of breast cancer risk factors and practice of breast self examination among high school students in Turkey

Selected Variables

Yes

N (%)

No

N (%)

X2

P

Age (years)

    

14–15

50 (21.3)

185 (78.7)

  

16–17

129 (30.2)

298 (69.8)

6.137

0.046

18–19

15 (26.8)

41 (73.2)

  

School Grade

    

Ninth-grade

64 (21.5)

233 (78.5)

  

Tenth-grade

78 (31.3)

171 (68.7)

7.749

0.021

Eleventh-grade

52 (30.2)

120 (69.8)

  

Perceived income level

    

Income less than expenses

41 (22.9)

138 (77.1)

  

Income equal to expenses

128 (27.5)

338 (72.5)

3.518

0.172

Income higher than expenses

25 (34.2)

48 (65.8)

  

Family history of breast cancer

    

Yes

20 (38.5)

32 (61.5)

3.722

0.054

No

174 (26.1)

492 (73.9)

  

Information about breast cancer and BSE

    

Yes

95 (44.0)

121(56.0)

45.076

0.001

No

99(19.7)

403(80.3)