Table 8 The level of knowledge of cancer risk factors between adolescents vs adults and between females vs males
From: Knowledge level of cancer symptoms and risk factors in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
Knowledge level | Recall | Recognition | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 2886) n (%) | Adolescents vs Adults | Females vs Males | Total (n = 2886) n (%) | Adolescents vs Adults | Females vs Males | |||||||||
Adolescents (n = 1457) n (%) | Adults (n = 1429) n (%) | p value | Females (n = 1483) n (%) | Males (n = 1403) n (%) | p value | Adolescents (n = 1457) n (%) | Adults (n = 1429) n (%) | p value | Females (n = 1483) n (%) | Males (n = 1403) n (%) | p value | |||
Poor | 2780 (96.3) | 1414 (97.1) | 1366 (95.6) | 0.037 | 1420 (95.8) | 1360 (96.9) | 0.09 | 1254 (43.5) | 747 (51.3) | 507 (35.5) | < 0.001 | 626 (42.2) | 628 (44.8) | 0.26 |
Fair | 106 (3.7) | 43 (2.9) | 63 (4.4) | 63 (4.2) | 43 (3.1) | 1415 (49.0) | 668 (45.9) | 747 (52.3) | 749 (50.5) | 666 (47.5) | ||||
Good | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 (7.5) | 42 (2.8) | 175 (12.2) | 108 (7.3) | 109 (7.7) | ||||