Table 1 Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of the 108 women who screened positive to direct visual inspection
Characteristics (valid data) | Number of participants (%) |
|---|---|
Age (107) | |
18 -20 | 1(0.9) |
20-29 | 16(15.0) |
30-39 | 28(26.2) |
40-49 | 43(40.2) |
≥ 50 | 19(17.8) |
Parity (101) | |
0 | 9(8.9) |
1-4 | 79(78.2) |
≥ 5 | 13(12.9) |
Educational status (107) | |
None | 10(9.3) |
Primary | 19(17.8) |
Secondary | 38(35.5) |
Tertiary | 40(37.4) |
Occupation (106) | |
Unemployed | 29(27.4) |
Unskilled | 32(30.2) |
Skilled | 35(33.0) |
Business executive/Professional | 11(10.4) |
Marital status (107) | |
Single | 14(13.1) |
Married | 77(72.0) |
Divorced/Separated | 4(3.7) |
Widowed | 9(8.4) |
Type of community (108) | |
Urban | 34(31.5) |
Rural | 74(68.5) |
Distance of the communities to clinic (108) | |
<5 | 14(13.0) |
5-10 | 22(20.4) |
11-20 | 31(28.7) |
21-50 | 28(25.9) |
≥50 | 13(12.0) |
Current use of contraceptive (108) | |
Using | 32(29.6) |
Not using | 76(70.4) |
Previous cervical cancer test (108) | |
Screened | 22(20.4) |
Not screened | 86(79.6) |
HIV status | |
Positive | 7(6.5) |
Negative | 101(93.5) |