Research Article
Adherence to Recommended Breast Cancer Screening in Iranian Turkmen Women: The Role of Knowledge and Beliefs
Table 3
Educational levels and breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Iranian Turkmen women.
| | Educational level | Performed BSEa (within last month) | Performed CBEb (within last year) | Performed mammogramb (within last year)
| | Yes % () | No % () | Statistics | Yes % () | No % () | Statistics | Yes % () | No % () | Statistics |
| | Illiterate | 44 (11) | 355 (89) |
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| 12 (3) | 387 (97) |
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| 5 (1.3) | 394 (98.7) |
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| | Less than 5 years | 47 (13.2) | 308 (86.8) | 11 (3.1) | 344 (94.9) | 2 (0.6) | 353 (99.3) | | 6–8 years | 16 (12.1) | 116 (87.9) | 2 (1.5) | 130 (98.5) | 0 (0) | 132 (100) | | 9–11 years | 4 (9.8) | 37 (90.2) | 1 (2.4) | 40 (97.6) | 0 (0) | 41 (100) | | High school graduate | 21 (20.2) | 83 (79.8) | 8 (7.7) | 96 (92.3) | 2 (1.9) | 102 (92.2) | | College level | 10 (20.4) | 39 (89.6) | 7 (14.3) | 42 (85.7) | 0 (0) | 49 (100) |
| | Total | 142 (13.2) | 126 (86.8) | | 41 (3.8) | 1039 (96.2) | | 9 (0.8) | 1071 (99.2) | |
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aWomen of 30 years of age and older.
bWomen of 40 years of age and older.
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