Research Article

Perceived Breast Cancer Risk among Female Undergraduate Students in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

VariableFrequency (N = 385)Percent

Age (years)
 <2010527.3
 20–2421555.8
 25–296015.6
 30+51.3

Marital status
 Married6516.9
 Never married32083.1

Religion
 Christian28574.0
 Muslim7318.9
 Traditionalist10.3
 No religion266.8

Ethnicity
 Akan14838.4
 Ewe11930.9
 Ga-Dangme5514.3
 Others6316.4

Academic year
 First year10126.2
 Second year8421.8
 Third year11630.2
 Fourth year8421.8

School
 Allied Health Sciences7419.7
 Basic and Biomedical Sciences71.8
 Medicine8622.3
 Nursing and Midwifery20252.5
 Pharmacy143.6