Variable

Risk perception

95% CI

P Vale

Yes

No

Cancer is a fatal disease

MBG

SSG

269 (75.8)

86 (24.2)

102 (89.5)

12 (10.5)

0.193 - 0.702

0.002

Cancer is a hereditary disease

MBG

SSG

75 (68.2)

35 (31.8)

313 (83)

64 (17)

0.270 - 0.710

0.001

One with difficulty in urination might be having prostate cancer

Male

Female

98 (38.1)

159 (61.9)

99 (45.6)

118 (54.4)

0.509 - 1.060

0.099

One with vaginal bleeding might be having cervical cancer

Male

Female

91 (41.6)

128 (58.4)

95 (39.7)

144 (60.3)

0.742 - 1.565

0.695