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. 2013 Jul 2;8(7):e67005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067005

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of women of different willingness towards cervical cancer screening (n = 5929) (From χ2 test).

Demographic characteristic Frequency of women willing to participate in screening Frequency of women not willing to participate in screening Total frequency P value
Age(years) 0.00
≤45 2531(42.7%) 977(16.5%) 3508(59.2%)
>45 1618(27.3%) 803(13.5%) 2421(40.8%)
Education status 0.00
Primary or below 2872(48.4%) 1365(23.0%) 4237(71.5%)
Secondary or above 1277(21.5%) 415(7.0%) 1692(28.5%)
Income (US dollars per year) 0.68
≤560 1150(19.4%) 484(8.2%) 1634(27.6%)
>560 2999(50.6%) 1296(21.9%) 4295(72.4%)
Family history of cancer 0.00
Positive 507(8.6%) 153(2.6%) 660(11.1%)
Negative 3642(61.4%) 1642(27.4%) 5269(88.9%)