Table 7 Respondent attitudes toward statements on breast and cervical cancer (N = 409)
Statement | Strongly agree (%) | Agree (%) | Neither agrees nor disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Strongly disagree (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any adult woman including me can develop breast or cervical cancer | 23.2 | 56.1 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 14.3 |
Cervical cancer is a disease for prostitutes | 3.2 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 28.0 | 37.9 |
Breast and cervical cancer are diseases for the elderly women | 3.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 36.9 | 44.9 |
I would rather not know if I had breast or cervical cancer | 18.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 34.1 | 43.0 |
Getting breast and cervical cancer is a death sentence. There is not much that can be done when someone has breast or cervical cancer | 2.2 | 10.9 | 5.4 | 28.2 | 53.2 |
Talking to family/friends about symptoms of breast or cervical cancers is embarrassing | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 35.0 | 59.2 |