Table 1 Bivariate analysis between head...

Table 1

Bivariate analysis between head and neck cancers' knowledge scores and demographic characteristics of population (n = 404)

Variables	n (%)	F-value or t statistic^a	p-value^b
Sex
Male	137	−1.53	0.126
Female	267 (66.1)	−1.53	0.126
Age group (yrs)
15–25	278 (68.8)	1.94	0.13
26–35	74 (18.3)
36–50	30 (7.4)
Above 50	22 (5.4)
Marital status
Married	123 (30.4)	1.05	0.29
Not married	281 (69.6)	1.05	0.29
Level of education
No education	7 (1.7)	5.65	<0.01
Less than high school	19 (4.7)
High school graduate	70 (17.3)
Bachelor	215 (53.2)
Masters	86 (21.3)
Doctorial	7 (1.7)
Socioeconomic status
Lower class	22 (5.4)	3.24	0.02
Lower-middle class	91 (22.5)
Upper class	8 (2)
Upper-middle class	283 (70)
Smoking/tobacco
Current user	30 (7.4)	1.13	0.32
Not current user	353 (87.4)
Former user	21 (5.2)
Alcohol
Users	2 (0.5)	−0.54	0.59
Non-users	402 (99.5)	−0.54	0.59

Variables	n (%)	F-value or t statistic^a	p-value^b
Sex
Male	137	−1.53	0.126
Female	267 (66.1)	−1.53	0.126
Age group (yrs)
15–25	278 (68.8)	1.94	0.13
26–35	74 (18.3)
36–50	30 (7.4)
Above 50	22 (5.4)
Marital status
Married	123 (30.4)	1.05	0.29
Not married	281 (69.6)	1.05	0.29
Level of education
No education	7 (1.7)	5.65	<0.01
Less than high school	19 (4.7)
High school graduate	70 (17.3)
Bachelor	215 (53.2)
Masters	86 (21.3)
Doctorial	7 (1.7)
Socioeconomic status
Lower class	22 (5.4)	3.24	0.02
Lower-middle class	91 (22.5)
Upper class	8 (2)
Upper-middle class	283 (70)
Smoking/tobacco
Current user	30 (7.4)	1.13	0.32
Not current user	353 (87.4)
Former user	21 (5.2)
Alcohol
Users	2 (0.5)	−0.54	0.59
Non-users	402 (99.5)	−0.54	0.59

Note(s): a. Based on independent sample T-test and one-way ANOVA; b. p-value < 0.05-significant

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