Research Article
Perceived Breast Cancer Risk among Female Undergraduate Students in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.
| Variable | Frequency (N = 385) | Percent |
| Age (years) | <20 | 105 | 27.3 | 20–24 | 215 | 55.8 | 25–29 | 60 | 15.6 | 30+ | 5 | 1.3 |
| Marital status | Married | 65 | 16.9 | Never married | 320 | 83.1 |
| Religion | Christian | 285 | 74.0 | Muslim | 73 | 18.9 | Traditionalist | 1 | 0.3 | No religion | 26 | 6.8 |
| Ethnicity | Akan | 148 | 38.4 | Ewe | 119 | 30.9 | Ga-Dangme | 55 | 14.3 | Others | 63 | 16.4 |
| Academic year | First year | 101 | 26.2 | Second year | 84 | 21.8 | Third year | 116 | 30.2 | Fourth year | 84 | 21.8 |
| School | Allied Health Sciences | 74 | 19.7 | Basic and Biomedical Sciences | 7 | 1.8 | Medicine | 86 | 22.3 | Nursing and Midwifery | 202 | 52.5 | Pharmacy | 14 | 3.6 |
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