| Variable | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Awareness of skin-bleaching agents | ||
| Yes | 381 | 90.3 |
| No | 41 | 9.7 |
| Total | 422 | 100 |
| *Source of information about skin bleaching (n = 381) | ||
| Friends | 240 | 39.0 |
| Family Members | 109 | 17.1 |
| Media | 115 | 18.7 |
| Chemist | 57 | 9.3 |
| Vendor | 94 | 15.3 |
| Total | 615 | 100 |
| Knowledge on purpose of skin bleaching | ||
| Changing skin color | 139 | 36.5 |
| Making the skin more beautiful | 139 | 36.5 |
| Making the skin smoother | 67 | 17.6 |
| For treatment of skin conditions | 36 | 9.4 |
| Total | 381 | 100 |
| Knowledge of active ingredients in skin-bleaching agents | ||
| Yes | 107 | 28.1 |
| No | 274 | 71.9 |
| Total | 381 | 100 |
| *Type of active ingredients (n = 107) | ||
| Mercury Salt | 28 | 16.8 |
| Hydroquinone | 69 | 41.3 |
| Arbutin | 15 | 9.0 |
| kojic acid | 37 | 22.1 |
| Glutathione | 12 | 7.2 |
| Steroid | 6 | 3.6 |
| Total | 167 | 100 |
| *Source of information of active ingredients | ||
| Labels or leaflets | 84 | 78.5 |
| Friends | 7 | 6.5 |
| Family | 11 | 10.3 |
| Media | 5 | 4.7 |
| Total | 107 | 100 |