Screening for cervical cancer among women in five countries in sub-saharan Africa: analysis of the role played by distance to health facility and socio-demographic factors

Table 2 Background characteristics of women who tested for cervical cancer

Background characteristics	Distance to health facility
	Big problem		Not a big problem
	Frequency N = 12,899	Proportion tested for cervical cancer	Frequency n = 27,656	Proportion tested for cervical cancer
Residence
Urban	4849	9.04	16,334	15.76
Rural	8050	7.25	11,322	10.26
Level of education
No education	3889	1.32	4570	1.89
Primary	4079	8.82	7829	12.07
Secondary	4451	11.82	12,076	14.84
Higher	480	17.55	3181	28.68
Wealth index
Poorest	3119	4.97	2430	5.02
Poorer	3044	7.86	4071	8.83
Middle	2630	7.78	5115	11.3
Richer	2265	9.74	6797	13.9
Richest	1841	10.99	9243	18.7
Age
15–19	2542	1.11	5099	1.88
20–24	2275	5.94	5112	8.61
25–29	2329	6.67	5459	14.0
30–34	1938	10.41	4150	17.4
35–39	1541	12.83	3395	19.8
40–44	1.262	13.39	2418	24.26
45–49	1012	13.32	2023	22.43
Contraceptive use
Not using	9473	4.88	18,218	8.57
Using	3426	16.33	9438	23.04
Frequency of reading news or magazine
Not at all	9895	5.33	17,136	7.03
Less than once a week	1743	15.16	5162	18.78
At least once a week	1261	18.22	5358	29.15
Frequency of listening to radio
Not at all	6129	3.75	8837	5.75
Less than once a week	2.390	8.64	5375	12.08
At least once a week	4380	13.37	13,444	19.18
Frequency of watching television
Not at all	7473	7.20	10,305	9.04
Less than once a week	1692	6.93	3931	12.47
At least once a week	3734	9.81	13,420	17.24
Had any sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months
No	12,308	7.79	26,561	13.56
Yes	591	10.78	1095	12.22

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