Table 4: Association between the awareness of breast cancer and the social demographic characteristics of respondents.

Variable                                 Have you ever heard of breast cancer?                Total                        Test/p-value

                                                          Yes                         No                                        

Age in years (n = 328)

15 – 20                                        155 (100.0)             0 (0)                         155 (100.0)            x2 = 10.2                                                                              

21 – 25                                        155 (96.3)               6 (3.7)                     161 (100.0)             p = 0.0165                                           

26 – 30                                            6 (100.0)              0 (0)                            6 (100.0)            df = 3

31 – 35                                            6 (100.0)              0 (0)                            6 (100.0)

Ethnic group/Tribe (n = 418)

Ijaw                                              167 (96.5)           6 (3.5)                        173 (100.0)              x2 = 28.7

Igbo                                             113 (100.0)             0 (0)                         113 (100.0)               p = 0.0001

Hausa                                            12 (100.0)              0 (0)                            12 (100.0)             df = 6

Yoruba                                          30 (83.3)               6 (16.7)                      36 (100.0)                                    

Urhobo                                          42 (87.5)               6 (12.5)                      48 (100.0)

Edo                                                12 (100.0)             0 (0)                           12 (100.0)

Others                                            24 (100.0)              0 (0)                            24 (100.0)

Religion (n = 418)

Catholic                                        101 (100.0)             0 (0)                         101 (100.0)                x2 = 12.4

Pentecostal                                    221 (94.8)            12 (5.2)                       233 (100.0)               p = 0.015

Anglican                                         48 (88.9)              6 (11.1)                       54 (100.0)               df = 4

Islam                                               12 (100.0)            0 (0)                            12 (100.0)

Others                                             18 (100.0)            0 (0)                            18 (100.0)