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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of female secondary school teachers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 566)

From: Breast self-examination practice and predictors among female secondary school teachers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: using the health belief model

Variables

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Age (years)

  

20–29

209

36.9

30–39

244

43.1

40–49

80

14.1

> 50

33

5.8

Education status

  

Diploma

32

5.7

Degree

485

85.7

Second degree

49

8.7

Marital status

  

Single

153

27

Married

373

65.9

Divorced

25

4.4

Widowed

15

2.7

Religion

  

Orthodox

394

69.6

Muslim

53

9.4

Protestant

103

18.2

Catholic

13

2.3

Other*

3

0.5

Monthly income in ETB

  

1st Quartile

143

25.3

2nd Quartile

165

29.2

3rd Quartile

119

21

4th Quartile

139

24.6

Teaching experience

  

< 10

354

62.5

≥ 10

212

37.5

History of previous breast disease

  

Yes

33

5.8

No

533

94.2

Family history of breast cancer

  

Yes

47

8.3

No

519

91.7

  1. *Others Adventist, have no religion, ETB Ethiopian birr