Sociodemographic Determinants of Nonattendance in a Population-Based Mammography Screening Program in the City of Manisa, Turkey

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge level, family history of BC, and health beliefs of attenders and nonattenders to mammography screening program.

Variables	Nonattenders, (%)	Attenders, (%)	P value*
	()	()
Region
Urban	46 (29.5)	110 (70.5)	0.014
Slum	38 (18.4)	168 (81.6)
Age
50–59	53 (24.2)	166 (75.8)	0.578
60–69	31 (21.7)	112 (78.8)
Education level
İlliterate	43 (20.1)	171 (79.9)	0.092
Primary/above	41 (27.7)	107 (72.3)
Place of birth
Western region	45 (29.0)	110 (71.0)	0.023
Eastern region	39 (18.8)	168 (81.2)
Perceived family income
Sufficient	55 (26.2)	155 (73.8)	0.114
Insufficient	29 (19.1)	123 (80.9)
Knowledge level on BC
Sufficient	49 (26.3)	137 (73.7)	0.146
Insufficient	35 (19.9)	141 (80.1)
Family history of BC
Present	7 (30.4)	16 (69.6)	0.396
Absent	77 (22.7)	262 (77.3)
Health belief model scale*	mean ± sd	mean ± sd
Susceptibility	7.0 ± 2.2	7.1 ± 2.4	0.549
Seriousness	21.8 ± 4.4	21.7 ± 4.3	0.843
Motivation	18.7 ± 3.6	19.0 ± 3.0	0.521
MMG benefit	18.0 ± 3.3	18.8 ± 2.8	0.044
MMG barrier	28.1 ± 7.7	25.5 ± 6.2	0.006

*Chi-square test
**Student’s test.