Factors Influencing the Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Tertiary Students in Ho, Ghana

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

Sociodemographic variable	Frequency (N = 506)	Percentage (%)
Institution
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (Ho)	151	29.8
Ho Technical University	189	37.4
Ghana Technical University College	43	8.5
Ho Nurses Training College	123	24.3
Residential status
Resident	269	53.2
Nonresident	237	46.8
Current academic level
First year	164	32.4
Second year	165	32.6
Third year	121	23.9
Fourth year	52	10.3
Fifth year	4	0.8
Program of study
Health course	275	54.4
Nonhealth course	231	45.6
Age (in completed years)	Mean (SD) = 20 (1.96)
15–19	92	18.2
20–24	333	65.8
25–29	61	12.1
30–34	14	2.8
35–39	5	1.0
40+	1	0.1
Marital status
Never married	465	91.9
Married	39	7.7
Widowed	2	0.4
Religion
Christianity	485	95.9
Islam	17	3.4
African traditional	4	0.7
Ethnicity
Ewe	289	57.1
Ga/Dangme	66	13.0
Akan	103	20.4
Mole-Dagbani	13	2.6
Hausa	10	2.0
Guan	23	4.5
Other	2	0.4