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Table 3 Women’s knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer after intervention by education levels and age

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

Item

 

Years of Education

 

Age

 

All

≤9 years

>9 years

 

≤45 years

>45 years

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P

n (%)

n (%)

P

Have you ever heard of HPV(N = 913)

Yes

539 (59.0)

437 (56.8)

102 (71.3)

0.001 b

386 (66.0)

153 (46.6)

<0.001 b

No

374 (41.0)

333 (43.2)

41 (28.7)

199 (34.0)

175 (53.4)

Total

913

770

143

 

585

328

 

When HPV is mentioned, you will firstly think of(N = 539)

STD

58 (9.6)

44 (9.1)

14 (11.4)

<0.001 c

41 (9.6)

17 (9.6)

<0.001 b

Genital Warts

30 (5.0)

20 (4.1)

10 (8.2)

21 (4.9)

9 (5.1)

Cervical cancer

365 (60.3)

280 (58.0)

85 (69.7)

282 (65.7)

83 (47.2)

AIDS

23 (3.8)

19 (3.9)

4 (3.3)

16 (3.7)

7 (4.0)

Have no idea about HPV

129 (21.3)

120 (24.9)

9 (7.4)

69 (16.1)

60 (34.1)

Total

605

483

122

 

429

176

 

Have you ever heard of cervical cancer(N = 913)

Yes

814 (89.2)

676 (87.8)

138 (96.5)

0.011 b

532 (92.8)

282 (82.9)

<0.001 b

No

99 (10.8)

94 (12.2)

5 (3.5)

41 (7.2)

58 (17.1)

Total

913

770

143

573

340

Do you know that cervical cancer is early detectable and treatable? (N = 814)

Yes

646 (79.4)

518 (76.6)

128 (92.8)

<0.001 b

442 (81.4)

204 (75.3)

0.042 b

No

168 (20.6)

158 (23.4)

10 (7.3)

101 (18.6)

67 (24.7)

Total

814

676

138

543

271

  1. bχ2 test, cFisher’s exact test
  2. Boldface reflects statistical significance