Table 1.
Characteristics of participants in the focus groups.
| Rural (n = 21) |
Urban (n = 23) |
p-value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| Mean [standard deviation] | 48.0 [11.2] | 45.2 [11.3] | |
|
Median [Q1-Q3] Min-Max |
45 [39–59] 30–65 |
42 [36.5–54.5] 29–62 |
0.41 |
| Marital status | |||
| Not married | 5 (23.8%) | 8 (34.8%) | |
| Married | 16 (76.2%) | 15 (65.2%) | 0.64 |
| Self-evaluation if household financial needs were met | |||
| Not met at all | 4 (19.0%) | 5 (21.7%) | |
| Barely met | 7 (33.3%) | 6 (26.1%) | |
| Sufficiently or more than sufficiently met | 10 (47.6%) | 12 (52.2%) | 0.87 |
| Self-evaluation of cervical cancer knowledge | |||
| Not good or not know anything | 6 (28.6%) | 9 (39.1%) | |
| Average | 9 (42.9%) | 12 (52.2%) | |
| Good or very good | 6 (28.6%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.23 |
1 p-values from two sample t-tests for continuous variables and chi-squared tests for binary/categorical variables.