Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents related to cervical cancer screening utilization in Bench Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Place of residence | |
 Urban | 263(38.8) |
 Rural | 415(61.2) |
Age of respondents | |
 30–39 | 500(73.7) |
 40–49 | 178(26.3) |
 Mean ± SD | 36.01 (SD ± 5.11) |
Marital status | |
 Married | 527(77.7) |
 Single | 63(9.3) |
 Divorced | 54(8.0) |
 Widowed | 34(5.0) |
Religion | |
 Protestant | 297(43.8) |
 Orthodox | 260(38.3) |
 Muslim | 99(14.6) |
 Other * | 22(3.2) |
Ethnicity | |
 Bench | 221(32.6) |
 Kefa | 199(29.4) |
 Amhara | 142(20.9) |
 Sheka | 35(5.2) |
 Tigre | 45(6.6) |
 Oromo | 36(5.3) |
Respondent ‘s educational status | |
 Unable to write and read | 188(27.7) |
 Able to read and write | 148(21.8) |
 Primary (1–8) grade | 122(18.0) |
 Secondary (9–12) grade | 135(19.9) |
 Certificate and above | 85(12.5) |
Respondent ‘s occupational status | |
 Housewife | 265(39.1) |
 Merchant | 102(15.0) |
 Student | 123(18.1) |
 Farmer | 70(10.3) |
 Government employee | 71(10.5) |
 Daily worker | 47(6.9) |
Partner occupational status | |
 Unable to write and read | 169(24.9) |
 Able to read and write | 194(28.6) |
 Primary (1–8) grade | 126(18.6) |
 Secondary (9–12) grade | 101(14.9) |
 Certificate and above | 88(13.0) |
Partner occupational status | |
 Farmer | 177(26.1) |
 Merchant | 195(28.8) |
 Gov't Employee | 109(16.1) |
 Student | 83(12.2) |
 Daily worker | 75(11.1) |
 NGO | 39(5.8) |
Monthly household income in Ethiopian Birr (ETB) | |
 Median (IQR) | 6000(5000–9000) |
 Total | 678 (100%) |