Table 3 Cross tabulations: Educational attainment and other predictor variables
Educational Attainment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | None | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | P-value |
Age at screening (Valid 11,229, Missing 3065) | |||||
15–24 | 56 (2.7) | 470 (22.7) | 1158 (56.1) | 382 (18.5) | < 0.001 |
25–34 | 221 (5.1) | 1182 (27.5) | 1779 (41.4) | 1118 (26.0) | |
35+ | 386 (7.9) | 2187 (45.0) | 1529 (31.4) | 761 (15.6) | |
Marital status (Valid 13,624, Missing 670) | |||||
Never been married | 35 (2.0) | 145 (8.4) | 858 (49.7) | 687 (39.8) | < 0.001 |
Married | 781 (8.2) | 3904 (40.8) | 3352 (35.0) | 1538 (16.1) | |
separated, widowed, divorced | 290 (12.5) | 980 (42.2) | 782 (33.6) | 272 (11.7) | |
Household income (Valid 8543, Missing 5751) | |||||
Less than K100 | 96 (13.8) | 320 (45.9) | 240 (34.4) | 41 (5.9) | < 0.001 |
K100-K499 | 48 (19.0) | 138 (54.5) | 52 (20.6) | 15 (5.9) | |
K500-K999 | 45 (7.5) | 322 (53.8) | 183 (30.6) | 48 (8.0) | |
K1000-K5000 | 62 (4.9) | 617 (48.6) | 456 (35.9) | 134 (10.6) | |
Above K5000 | 148 (2.6) | 1580 (27.6) | 2289 (40.0) | 1709 (29.8) | |
Occupation (Valid 12,461, Missing 1653) | |||||
House wife | 648 (11.8) | 2579 (47.0) | 2046 (37.3) | 214 (3.9) | <0.001 |
Formal sector | 14 (0.7) | 141 (6.8) | 426 (20.7) | 1481 (71.8) | |
Informal sector | 148 (4.3) | 1328 (38.4) | 1585 (45.8) | 396 (11.5) | |
Other | 145 (8.9) | 482 (29.5) | 640 (39.1) | 368 (22.5) | |
Screening center (Valid 13,843, Missing 451) | |||||
Choma General Hospital | 35 (5.4) | 225 (34.8) | 303 (46.8) | 84 (13.0) | < 0.001 |
Kasama General Hospital | 92 (5.0) | 792 (42.9) | 798 (43.3) | 163 (8.8) | |
Kitwe Central Hospital | 39 (3.0) | 320 (24.5) | 494 (37.9) | 451 (34.6) | |
Livingstone General Hospital | 186 (8.5) | 784 (35.8) | 856 (39.0) | 367 (16.7) | |
Mansa General Hospital | 69 (5.6) | 554 (45.1) | 376 (30.6) | 230 (18.7) | |
Mosi-oa-tunya Clinic | 10 (1.7) | 149 (24.8) | 279 (46.5) | 162 (27.0) | |
Ndola Central Hospital | 65 (3.4) | 557 (28.9) | 704 (36.5) | 603 (31.3) | |
Solwezi General Hospital | 185 (8.1) | 895 (39.0) | 805 (35.1) | 411 (17.9) | |
St. Francis’ Hospital | 450 (25.0) | 807 (44.8) | 461 (25.6) | 82 (4.6) | |
Ever smoked cigarette (Valid 13,029, Missing 1265) | |||||
yes | 37 (10.9) | 140 (41.1) | 113 (33.1) | 51 (15.0) | 0.04 |
No | 1038 (8.2) | 4610 (36.3) | 4674 (36.8) | 2366 (18.6) | |
Ever used oral contraceptives (Valid 3497, Missing 10,797) | |||||
Yes | 177 (5.1) | 1153 (33.4) | 1360 (39.4) | 765 (22.1) | 0.06 |
No | 2 (4.8) | 10 (23.8) | 25 (59.5) | 5 (11.9) | |
Years on oral contraceptives (Valid 3014, Missing 11,280) | |||||
One | 51 (5.7) | 290 (32.3) | 34 (38.1) | 214 (23.9) | 0.05 |
Two | 75 (4.7) | 565 (35.2) | 628 (39.2) | 335 (20.9) | |
Three | 30 (5.8) | 147 (28.6) | 203 (39.5) | 134 (26.1) | |
Family history of cervical cancer (Valid 13,057, Missing 1237) | |||||
Yes | 15 (4.5) | 79 (23.8) | 118 (35.5) | 120 (36.1) | < 0.001 |
No | 1029 (8.1) | 4707 (37.0) | 4701 (36.9) | 2291 (18.0) | |
Number of pregnancies (Valid 12,610, Missing 1684) | |||||
Never been pregnant | 3 (1.2) | 39 (16.2) | 111 (46.1) | 88 (36.5) | < 0.001 |
1–3 pregnancies | 188 (3.6) | 1248 (23.7) | 2401 (45.6) | 1423 (27.1) | |
4 or more pregnancies | 889 (12.5) | 3592 (50.5) | 2060 (29.0) | 568 (8.0) | |
Age at 1st pregnancy (Valid 11,869, Missing 2425) | |||||
Less than 20 years | 777 (11.1) | 3382 (48.3) | 2404 (34.3) | 436 (6.2) | < 0.001 |
20+ years | 161 (3.3) | 1180 (24.2) | 1980 (40.7) | 1549 (31.8) | |
Age at sexual debut (Valid 13,089, Missing 1205) | |||||
Less than 20 years | 885 (8.9) | 4135 (41.5) | 3740 (37.5) | 1214 (12.2) | < 0.001 |
20+ years | 100 (3.2) | 606 (19.5) | 1167 (37.5) | 1242 (39.9) | |
Number of sexual life partners (Valid 13,345, Missing 949) | |||||
One | 437 (10.3) | 1661 (39.2) | 1379 (32.5) | 762 (18.0) | < 0.001 |
Two | 292 (7.8) | 1341 (35.7) | 1404 (37.4) | 720 (19.2) | |
Three or four | 244 (6.2) | 1350 (34.2) | 1575 (39.9) | 777 (19.7) | |
5 or more | 71 (5.1) | 598 (42.6) | 598 (42.6) | 228 (16.3) | |
Condom use with regular sexual partner (Valid 11,533, Missing 2761) | |||||
Never used a condom | 835 (12.2) | 3073 (45.0) | 2100 (30.8) | 816 (12.0) | < 0.001 |
Used a condom sometimes | 119 (2.9) | 1049 (25.9) | 1780 (44.0) | 1097 (27.1) | |
Used a condom almost all the time | 5 (1.7) | 68 (22.7) | 134 (44.8) | 92 (30.8) | |
Always used a condom | 6 (1.6) | 68 (18.6) | 166 (45.5) | 125 (34.2) | |
HIV status (Valid (10,780, Missing 3514) | |||||
Positive | 104 (4.3) | 815 (33.7) | 1071 (44.3) | 426 (17.6) | < 0.001 |
Negative | 737 (8.8) | 3036 (36.3) | 2948 (35.2) | 1643 (19.6) | |