Research Article
Adherence to Recommended Breast Cancer Screening in Iranian Turkmen Women: The Role of Knowledge and Beliefs
Table 1
Demographic profile of the surveyed population.
| | Characteristics | (%) |
| | Age () | | | 30–39 | 522 (48.3) | | 40–49 | 249 (23.1) | | 50–59 | 177 (16.4) | | ≥60 | 132 (12.2) | | Marital status () | | | Married | 921 (85.3) | | Unmarried | 63 (5.8) | | Widowed | 93 (8.6) | | Divorced | 3 (0.3) | | Educational level () | | | Illiterate | 399 (37) | | Less than 5 years | 355 (33) | | 6–8 years | 132 (12.1) | | 9–11 years | 41 (3.8) | | High school graduate | 104 (9.6) | | College level | 49 (4.5) | | Job | | | Work in home | 1030 (96) | | Out of home | 50 (4) | | Breastfeeding experience | | | Exclusive breastfeeding | 776 (70.8) | | Formula | 48 (4.4) | | Both of them | 173 (16) | | Unknown | 94 (7.8) | | Oral contraceptive use | | | Yes | 578 (53.5) | | No | 502 (46.5) |
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