Research Article
Challenges, Coping Strategies, and Social Support among Breast Cancer Patients in Ghana
Table 1
Background characteristics of respondents.
| Variables | Frequency N = 202 | Percentage |
| Age, mean ± SD | 55 ± 13.4 | | <40 | 23 | 11.4 | 40–50 | 71 | 35.1 | 50–60 | 48 | 23.8 | >60 | 60 | 29.7 | Education | | | No formal | 55 | 27.2 | Primary school | 54 | 26.7 | Junior high or middle school | 36 | 17.8 | Senior high or secondary school | 21 | 10.4 | Tertiary | 36 | 17.8 | Marital status | | | Single | 27 | 13.4 | Married and living with partner | 80 | 39.6 | Married and not living with partner | 40 | 19.8 | Divorced/widowed | 55 | 27.2 | Religion | | | Christians | 139 | 68.8 | Muslims | 61 | 30.2 | No religion/traditional | 2 | 1.0 | Number of children, median (25th, 75th percentile) | 3 (2, 5) | | None | 21 | 10.4 | 1–3 | 84 | 41.6 | 4–6 | 79 | 39.1 | 7 or more | 18 | 8.9 | Employment status | | | Employed | 139 | 68.8 | Unemployed | 63 | 31.2 | Types of occupation (n = 139) | | | Civil or public servant | 20 | 14.4 | Health professional | 11 | 7.9 | Farmer | 40 | 18.8 | Trader | 56 | 40.3 | Artisan | 12 | 8.6 |
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SD, standard deviation.
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