Table 1. Socioeconomic characteristics of women who were screened or were not screened for cervical cancer, Maharashtra, India, October 1999–November 2003.
| Characteristics | Womena |
|
|---|---|---|
| Screened | Not screened | |
| Total | 79 449 | 21 351 |
| No. of people in household | ||
| 1–2 | 3 612 (4.5) | 1 774 (8.3) |
| 3–4 | 16 444 (20.7) | 4 222 (19.8) |
| ≥5 | 59 391 (74.8) | 15 355 (71.9) |
| Type of house | ||
| Thatched | 22 433 (28.3) | 6 198 (29.1) |
| Tiled | 49 027 (61.8) | 12 747 (59.8) |
| Concrete | 7 862 (9.9) | 2 388 (11.2) |
| Age group (years) | ||
| 30–39 | 45 098 (56.8) | 10 102 (47.3) |
| 40–49 | 22 152 (27.9) | 6 093 (28.5) |
| ≥50 | 12 199 (15.4) | 5 156 (24.1) |
| Educational level | ||
| None | 54 708 (69.1) | 13 956 (79.4) |
| Primary school | 9 232 (11.7) | 1 482 (8.4) |
| Secondary school | 9 502 (12.0) | 1 323 (7.5) |
| Higher education | 5 711 (7.2) | 808 (4.6) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 72 417 (91.5) | 14 980 (85.6) |
| Unmarried | 6 703 (8.5) | 2 523 (14.4) |
| Parity (no. of pregnancies) | ||
| 0 | 1 797 (2.3) | 4 723 (22.3) |
| 1–3 | 29 392 (37.0) | 5 769 (27.2) |
| ≥4 | 48 260 (60.7) | 10 679 (50.4) |
| Contraception used | ||
| No | 16 548 (21.0) | 5 945 (34.5) |
| Yes | 62 181 (79.0) | 11 278 (65.5) |
| Study arm | ||
| Visual inspection with acetic acid | 26 755 (33.7) | 7 394 (34.6) |
| Cytology | 25 535 (32.1) | 6 601 (30.9) |
| Human papillomavirus testing | 27 159 (34.2) | 7 356 (34.5) |
a Values are number (percentage).