Assessment of breast cancer risk perception, knowledge, and breast self-examination practices among market women in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Table 7 Association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge of breast self-examination

Variables N = (335)	Knowledge of BSE		X²	P
Age as at last birthday	Poor	Good
18–28	25	29	9.553	0.023*
29–39	49	37
40–50	58	77
51 and above	19	41
Religion
Christianity	62	97	7.018	0.030*
Islam	80	71
Traditionalist	9	16
Marital status
Married	84	119	2.608	0.106
Single	66	65	2.608	0.106
Educational qualification
No formal education	34	26	20.903	< 0.001*
Primary	38	26
Secondary	68	91
Tertiary	11	41
Average income per month			17.009	< 0.001*
< ₦20,000	58	61
₦ 20,000 - ₦ 59,000	61	70
₦ 60,000 - ₦ 99,000	12	9
≥ ₦ 100,000	7	37
Distance of your residence from the nearest health facility
Far	25	43	8.392	0.039*
Moderate distance	67	59
Nearby	19	38
Immediate proximity	35	42
Ethnicity
Yoruba	91	144	16.703	< 0.001*
Hausa	20	10
Igbo	21	22
Others	19	8

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