Effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behaviour on promoting preventive behaviours of oral cancer in rural women

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants:

Variables		Experimental group		Control group		p-value
Variables		Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	p-value
Household income	≤ 30 million Rials	46	33.38	38	67.31	0.118
	30–60 million Rials	58	33.48	62	67.51
	≥ 60 million Rials	16	34.13	20	66.16
Education	Illiterate	4	3.34	2	1.67	0.124
	Primary school	22	18.33	28	23.33
	Secondary school	46	38.33	38	31.67
	High school	40	33.33	40	33.33
	College	8	6.67	12	10
Marital status	Single	8	6.67	10	8.33	0.112
	Married	101	84.16	106	88.33
	Divorced	5	4.17	1	0.84
	Widowed	6	5	3	2.50
Family history of oral cancer	Yes	4	3.33	6	5	0.202
Family history of oral cancer	No	116	96.67	114	95	0.202
History of smoking	Yes	72	60	64	53.33	0.139
History of smoking	No	48	40	56	46.67	0.139
History of alcoholism	Yes	22	18.33	18	15	0.192
History of alcoholism	No	98	81.67	102	85	0.192
Family history of hookah use	Yes	114	95	110	91.67	0.107
Family history of hookah use	No	6	5	10	8.33	0.107
Type of hookah used	Fruit	64	53.33	60	50	0.208
Type of hookah used	Traditional	56	46.67	60	50	0.208

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