Assessment of community health volunteers’ knowledge on cervical cancer in Kadibo Division, Kisumu County: a cross sectional survey

Table 7 Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and Knowledge about Availability of Screening Services

Demographic characteristics	df	VIA (p-value)	VILI (p-value)	Cost of screening (p-value)	TAT (p-value)	Frequency of screening (p-value)
Gender	1	0.169	0.449	0.004	0.401	0.709
Age	8	0.148	0.003	0.820	0.008	0.604
Education	2	0.035	0.007	0.494	0.402	0.374
Marital status	2	0.324	0.447	0.253	0.161	0.984
Occupation	3	0.004	0.008	0.088	0.050	0.108
Health centre attached	1	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.001	0.001	<0.0001
Duration worked	3	0.014	0.495	<0.0001	0.018	0.003
Demographic characteristics			Proportions	Knowledge on availability of screening services (p value)	Knowledge on availability of screening services (χ² values)
Gender	Male, Female		NA*	0.283	19.792
Age	20–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49, 50–54, 55–59, 60–64		NA*	0.055	14.711
Education	Primary, Secondary, Post secondary		8.0% 7.4% 1.1%	0.011	8.605
Marital status	Single, Married, Separated		NA*	0.292	4.470
Occupation	Small scale, Commercial farming, Business, Casual work		18.9% 0.0% 1.1% 19.0%	0.002	18.335
Health centre attached	Rabuor, Nyangande, Hongo ogosa, Kanyagwal		28.0% 3.4% 13.3% 57.9%	<0.0001	101.705
Duration worked in years	<2, 2–4, 5–7, >7		NA*	0.271	6.558

Statistical significance determined by Chi-square analysis. Values in bold are statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05. Proportion represents participants with high knowledge. NA* not applicable

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