Table 2.
Health system 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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| Recommendations for CCS given by health workers | 23.24 | 1 | < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 53 (19.6) | 217 (80.4) | 270 | |||
| No | 10 (4.7) | 202 (95.3) | 212 | |||
| Willingness to be screened by male health workers | 4.57 | 1 | 0.033 | |||
| Yes | 60 (14.4) | 358 (85.6) | 418 | |||
| No | 3 (4.7) | 61 (95.3) | 64 | |||
| Distance to health facility | 5.42 | 2 | 0.067 | |||
| ≤ 10 km | 56 (14.6) | 327 (85.4) | 383 | |||
| 11–20 km | 7 (9.5) | 67 (90.5) | 74 | |||
| ≥ 21 km | 0 (0.0) | 25 (100.0) | 25 | |||
Note: P-values marked in bold indicate factors that are statistically significant