Psychosocial Predictors for Cancer Prevention Behaviors in Workplace Using Protection Motivation Theory

Table 5

Comparison of the protection motivation mean score and cancer preventive behaviors based on some demographic variables ().

Demographic variable	Level	Protection motivation		Cancer preventive behaviors
		Mean (SD)	value	Mean (SD)	value
Gender	Male	15.15 (2.72)	0.245	24.49 (4.61)	0.015
	Female	15.65 (2.59)		26.35 (4.69)
Marital status	Single	14.96 (3.50)	0.423	23.89 (4.94)	0.094
	Married	15.42 (2.50)		25.55 (4.61)
Education	School	15.18 (2.35)	0.797	26.06 (4.49)	0.418
	University	15.35 (2.72)		25.08 (4.73)
Cancer history in friends	Yes	15.04 (3.04)	0.226	24.16 (5.27)	0.035
	No	15.57 (2.37)		25.83 (4.32)
Cancer history in family	Yes	15.65 (2.84)	0.250	24.88 (4.58)	0.460
	No	15.14 (2.57)		25.44 (4.84)