Table 1.
Characteristics of the 1 110 women studied and weighted percents.
| Characteristics (n) | (n) weighted percent * |
| Age (years) | |
| 18–24 | (102) 13.1 |
| 25–29 | (73) 10.2 |
| 30–34 | (104) 13.4 |
| 35–39 | (90) 11.6 |
| 40–44 | (114) 11.6 |
| 45–49 | (129) 10.7 |
| 50–54 | (109) 8.4 |
| 55–59 | (94) 6.2 |
| 60–64 | (83) 5.8 |
| > = 65 | (212) 9.0 |
| Education | |
| High | (128) 16.6 |
| Medium | (556) 57.2 |
| Low | (426) 26.2 |
| Marital status | |
| Married/Cohabiting | (674) 65.8 |
| Widow | (121) 5.3 |
| Separated | (85) 5.7 |
| Single | (228) 23.1 |
| Smoker | |
| No | (735) 60.1 |
| Yes | (367) 39.9 |
| Pap ever | |
| Yes | (939) 84.6 |
| No | (167) 15.4 |
| Residence | |
| Urban | (947) 88.1 |
| Rural | (163) 11.9 |
| Region | |
| North | 12.0% (10.5–13.7) |
| Central | 54.0% (50.3–57.6) |
| South | 32.9% (29.7–36.3) |
| Extreme South | 1.1% (0.8–1.4) |
*::using sampling weights and adjusted for post stratification population totals.