Table 2 Bivariate models for identification of factors associated with screening and cervical cancer awareness
Variable | Free Screening | Non-free Screening | Knowledge Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | N(%) | P | N(%) | P | N(%) | P | |
Age (y) | |||||||
< 20 | 82 | 65 (79.27) | 0.001 | 42 (51.22) | 0.042 | 9.13 ± 5.86 | 0.071 |
20–29 | 602 | 540 (89.70) | 363 (60.30) | 7.97 ± 5.55 | |||
30–49 | 666 | 591 (88.74) | 378 (56.46) | 7.65 ± 4.93 | |||
≥ 50 | 130 | 105 (80.77) | 68 (52.31) | 7.38 ± 5.74 | |||
Ethnicity | |||||||
Muslim | 1454 | 1276 (87.76) | 0.607 | 831 (57.15) | 0.195 | 7.87 ± 5.34 | 0.133 |
Jesus | 25 | 24 (96) | 20 (80) | 5.72 ± 3.39 | |||
Other | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 (50) | 8.5 ± 7.78 | |||
Marital States | |||||||
Married/Cohabiting | 1106 | 981 (88.70) | 0.061 | 670 (60.58) | 0.000 | 7.64 ± 5.21 | 0.000 |
Divorced/Widowed | 145 | 121 (83.45) | 71 (48.97) | 6.96 ± 5.10 | |||
Single | 232 | 202 (87.07) | 111 (47.84) | 9.31 ± 5.70 | |||
Parity | |||||||
0 | 359 | 313 (87.19) | 0.000 | 191 (53.20) | 0.000 | 8.57 ± 5.43 | 0.014 |
1–3 | 583 | 529 (90.74) | 353 (60.55) | 7.72 ± 5.18 | |||
4–6 | 363 | 321 (88.43) | 211 (58.13) | 7.69 ± 5.41 | |||
≥ 7 | 176 | 139 (78.98) | 95 (53.98) | 7.12 ± 5.22 | |||
Education level | |||||||
No formal | 125 | 107 (85.60) | 0.216 | 81 (64.80) | 0.000 | 5.36 ± 5.57 | 0.000 |
Primary | 262 | 227 (86.64) | 162 (61.83) | 6.93 ± 5.54 | |||
Secondary | 920 | 810 (88.04) | 521 (56.63) | 7.97 ± 5.03 | |||
Tertiary | 176 | 160 (90.91) | 88 (50) | 10.27 ± 5.24 | |||
First Sex Age (y) | |||||||
< 15 | 94 | 76 (80.85) | 0.190 | 56 (59.57) | 0.124 | 6.88 ± 5.13 | 0.012 |
15–17 | 253 | 222 (87.75) | 155 (61.26) | 6.83 ± 5.42 | |||
18–24 | 719 | 634 (88.18) | 414 (57.58) | 7.90 ± 5.13 | |||
≥ 25 | 157 | 144 (91.72) | 95 (60.51) | 8.11 ± 5.54 | |||
Family Income | |||||||
Wealthy | 8 | 6 (75) | 0.270 | 5 (62.50) | 0.000 | 10 ± 4.44 | 0.000 |
Just getting by | 979 | 863 (88.15) | 595 (60.78) | 8.34 ± 5.12 | |||
Poor | 496 | 435 (87.70) | 252 (50.81) | 6.81 ± 5.57 | |||
Disease History | |||||||
None | 942 | 810 (85.99) | 0.001 | 484 (51.38) | 0.000 | 8.11 ± 5.14 | 0.000 |
Schistosomiasis | 108 | 107 (99.07) | 101 (93.52) | 3.21 ± 6.30 | |||
Other Disease | 406 | 362 (89.16) | 246 (60.59) | 8.62 ± 4.93 | |||
Genetic Disease | |||||||
None | 1216 | 1050 (86.35) | 0.000 | 683 (56.17) | 0.108 | 7.83 ± 5.33 | 0.256 |
Yes | 227 | 216 (95.15) | 138 (60.79) | 8.27 ± 5.47 | |||
Family Cancer History | |||||||
None | 1231 | 1090 (88.55) | 0.042 | 717 (58.25) | 0.005 | 7.64 ± 5.33 | 0.004 |
Yes | 145 | 128 (88.28) | 91 (62.76) | 9.05 ± 5.00 | |||
Don’t know | 107 | 86 (80.37) | 44 (41.12) | 8.51 ± 5.47 | |||
Previous Screening | |||||||
Yes | 65 | 60 (92.31) | 0.490 | 815 (57.52) | 0.720 | 10.28 ± 4.75 | 0.000 |
No | 1417 | 1244 (87.79) | 37 (56.92) | 7.72 ± 5.32 | |||