Knowledge and Health Seeking Behaviour of Breast Cancer Patients in Ghana

Table 2

Participants’ social and demographic profile (N = 35).

Demographic Characteristics	BC Patients (N=20); n (%)	Care-givers (N=8); n (%)	Health Workers (N=5); n (%)	Herbalists/Traditional Healers (N=2); n (%)
Age
18 – 30	1 (5)	3 (37.5)	1 (20)	0 (0.0)
31 – 60	17 (85)	5 (62.5)	4 (80)	2 (100)
60+	2 (10)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Occupation
Unemployed	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Farming	5 (25)	3 (37.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Teaching	3 (15)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Trading	11 (55)	2 (25)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Nursing	1 (5)	0 (0.0)	2 (40)	0 (0.0)
Medical physicist	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (60)	0 (0.0)
Student	0 (0.0)	2 (25)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Other	0 (0.0)	1 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)
Educational Level
No formal education	4 (20)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Basic	12 (60)	5 (62.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)
Secondary	1 (5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Tertiary	3 (15)	3 (37.5)	5 (100)	0 (0.0)
Marital Status
Single	0 (0.0)	3 (37.5)	3 (60)	0 (0.0)
Married	18 (90)	5 (62.5)	2 (40)	2 (100)
Widowed	2 (10)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Religion
Christianity	19 (95)	7 (87.5)	5 (100)	2 (100)
Islam	1 (5)	1 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Other	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Sex
Female	20 (100)	6 (75)	1 (20)	0 (0.0)
Male	0 (0.0)	2 (25)	4 (80)	2 (100)