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Table 1 The distribution of sociodemographics of intervention and non-intervention participants (N = 913)

From: Effect of a group educational intervention on rural Chinese women’s knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines

Variable

Intervention group(N = 913)

Non-Intervention group(N = 2,328)

p

n

%

n

%

Age(yrs)

25 ~ 34

171

18.7

304

13.0

<0.001

35 ~ 44

372

40.8

866

37.2

 

45 ~ 54

277

30.3

707

30.4

 

≥55

93

10.2

451

19.4

 

Marital status

Married

891

97.6

2252

96.7

0.201

Single or others

22

2.4

76

3.3

 

Education

Illiteracy

42

4.6

147

6.3

<0.001

Primary school

277

30.3

850

36.5

 

Middle school

472

51.7

1052

45.2

 

High school and above

122

13.4

279

12.0

 

Occupation

Worker

30

3.3

40

1.7

0.003

Farmer

788

86.3

2105

90.4

 

White collar/Professionals

63

6.9

116

5.0

 

Others

32

3.5

67

2.9

 

Smoking history

Never

912

99.9

2323

99.8

0.531

Ever/Current

1

0.1

5

0.2

 

Alcohol drinking history

Never

846

92.7

2097

90.1

0.022

Occasionally or others

67

7.3

231

9.9

 

Disease History

Trichomonas

102

11.2

257

11.1

0.914

Fungus infection

89

9.8

192

8.2

0.172

Urinary Tract Infection

56

6.1

184

7.9

0.083

Cervitics

10

1.1

96

4.1

<0.001

None

701

76.8

1740

74.7

0.226

Age at sexual debut (yrs)

<20

139

15.2

453

19.4

0.013

20

179

19.6

488

21.0

 

21

199

21.8

484

20.8

 

≥22

396

43.4

903

38.8

 

No. of sexual partners

1

739

80.9

1948

83.7

0.059

2

141

15.5

287

12.3

 

≥3

33

3.6

93

4.0

 

Age at first pregnancy (yrs)a

<21

179

19.8

512

22.2

0.005

21

133

14.7

433

18.8

 

22

184

20.3

444

19.2

 

≥23

409

45.2

919

39.8

 

No. of live birtha

0

8

0.9

12

0.5

0.005

1

273

30.1

577

25.0

 

≥2

624

69.0

1719

74.5

 
  1. a905 women had pregnancy history among the intervention participants
  2. Boldface reflects statistical significance