Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and proportion of women screened for breast cancer
Variable | Frequency (N = 45,945) | Proportion screened for breast cancer | X2 (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|
Distance to health facility | 381.9 (p < 0.001) | ||
Big problem | 13,524 | 10.8 | |
Not a big problem | 32,421 | 18.5 | |
Age | 671.3 (p < 0.001) | ||
15–19 | 8,579 | 7.9 | |
20–24 | 8,915 | 13.8 | |
25–29 | 8,467 | 18.8 | |
30–34 | 6,818 | 19.2 | |
35–39 | 5,519 | 19.5 | |
40–44 | 4,269 | 21.1 | |
45–49 | 3,378 | 20.2 | |
Place of residence | 442.8 (p < 0.001) | ||
Urban | 21,128 | 21.1 | |
Rural | 24,817 | 12.1 | |
Level of education | 2.0e + 03 (p < 0.001) | ||
No education | 10,081 | 5.4 | |
Primary | 14,980 | 14.2 | |
Secondary | 17,397 | 19.5 | |
Higher | 3,487 | 40.2 | |
Frequency of reading newspapers or magazine | 1.2e + 03 (p < 0.001) | ||
Not at all | 28,441 | 11.6 | |
Less than once a week | 8,685 | 19.1 | |
At least once a week | 8,819 | 28.4 | |
Frequency of listening to radio | 611.6 (p < 0.001) | ||
Not at all | 10,547 | 9.5 | |
Less than once a week | 9,100 | 13.1 | |
At least once a week | 26,298 | 20.0 | |
Frequency of watching television | 643.6 (p < 0.001) | ||
Not at all | 21,513 | 11.7 | |
Less than once a week | 6,587 | 14.0 | |
At least once a week | 17,845 | 22.5 | |
Wealth status | 732.0 (p < 0.001) | ||
Poorest | 6,619 | 7.6 | |
Poorer | 7,614 | 12.2 | |
Middle | 8,268 | 14.0 | |
Richer | 10,128 | 17.0 | |
Richest | 13,316 | 23.7 | |
Parity | 186.9 (p < 0.001) | ||
1–2 | 27,827 | 16.5 | |
3–5 | 15,586 | 18.4 | |
6–8 | 4,505 | 10.8 | |
9+ | 1,027 | 7.5 | |
Contraceptive use | 673.2 (p < 0.001) | ||
Not using | 28,318 | 12.7 | |
Using | 17,627 | 22.0 | |
Covered by health insurance | 2.3e + 03 (p < 0.001) | ||
No | 41,181 | 13.2 | |
Yes | 4,764 | 42.3 | |
Marital status | 175.7 (p < 0.001) | ||
Never in union | 15,534 | 13.7 | |
Married | 22,265 | 17.5 | |
Living with partner | 4,172 | 15.7 | |
Widowed | 1,507 | 15.9 | |
Divorced | 603 | 26.9 | |
Separated | 1,864 | 21.4 |