Table 6: Comparison of knowledge of oral cancer symptoms according to demographic characteristics.
|
Knowledge of oral cancer symptoms |
Total |
Test St. |
p* |
|
|
Incorrect |
Correct |
|
|
|
Gender |
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Female |
165 (95.38) |
8 (4.62) |
173 (62.68) |
0.245 |
0.620** |
Male |
96 (93.20) |
7 (6.80) |
103 (37.32) |
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Place of Birth |
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Istanbul |
81 (94.19) |
5 (5.81) |
86 (31.16) |
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1.000*** |
Outside of Istanbul |
180 (94.74) |
10 (5.26) |
190 (68.84) |
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Educational status |
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None |
3 (100.00) |
0 (0.00) |
3 (1.09) |
5.050 |
0.538* |
Primary School |
48 (96.00) |
2 (4.00) |
50 (18.12) |
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Elementary School |
28 (96.55) |
1 (3.45) |
29 (10.51) |
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High School |
73 (97.33) |
2 (2.67) |
75 (27.17) |
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Vocational school |
42 (89.36) |
5 (10.64) |
47 (17.03) |
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Bachelor’s degree |
60 (93.75) |
4 (6.25) |
64 (23.19) |
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Postgraduate |
7 (87.50) |
1 (12.50) |
8 (2.90) |
*Chi-square test; **Yates correction; ***Fisher’s Exacat test, frequency (%)