Table 1.
Individual need factors associated with cervical cancer screening utilization among women of child-bearing age in Mangochi district
| Factors | Utilization of cervical cancer screening | Total N = 482 |
χ2 | df | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes
N = 63 |
No
N = 419 |
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| HIV status | 29.18 | 2 | < 0.001 | |||
| HIV- | 30 (8.5) | 323 (91.5) | 353 | |||
| HIV+ | 33 (27.3) | 88 (72.7) | 121 | |||
| Unknown | 0 (0.0) | 8 (100) | 8 | |||
| Sex partners in life time | 3.44 | 1 | 0.064 | |||
| 0 or 1 | 19 (9.6) | 178 (90.4) | 197 | |||
| ≥ 2 | 44 (15.4) | 241 (84.6) | 285 | |||
| Ever heard of CC | 49.28 | 1 | < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 60 (23.0) | 201 (77.0) | 261 | |||
| No | 3 (1.4) | 218 (98.6) | 221 | |||
| Beliefs towards CCS | 21.37 | 1 | < 0.001 | |||
| Positive | 53 (19.2) | 223 (80.8) | 276 | |||
| Negative | 10 (4.9) | 196 (95.1) | 206 | |||
| N = 60 | N = 201 | N = 261 | ||||
| Source of CC information* | 12.62 | 3 | 0.006 | |||
| Health facility | 44 (31.2) | 97 (68.8) | 141 | |||
| Radio | 7 (16.7) | 35 (83.3) | 42 | |||
| Friends/family | 5 (9.3) | 49 (90.7) | 54 | |||
| Other | 4 (16.7) | 20 (83.3) | 24 | |||
| Level of knowledge of CC signs and symptoms* | < 0.001† | |||||
| High-level | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | 18 | |||
| Low-level | 48 (19.8) | 195 (80.2) | 243 | |||
| Level of knowledge of risk factors* | 2.86 | 1 | 0.091 | |||
| High-level | 49 (25.7) | 142 (74.3) | 191 | |||
| Low-level | 11 (15.7) | 59 (84.3) | 70 | |||
†Fisher’s exact test was used for analysis as appropriate
Note: P-values marked in bold indicate factors that are statistically significant.
*these questions were asked only to those who have ever heard of cervical cancer.