Research Article
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 |
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