Table 3.
Women’s opinions on future aids needed to facilitate self-collection of vaginal sample (number, percent)
| All sites (N* = 3,195) | Rural Uttar Pradesh (N* = 917) | Hyderabad (N* = 863) | Nicaragua (N* = 705) | Uganda (N* = 710) | P value ‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aids needed to ease self-collection in the future† |
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|
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|
|
| Staff help |
1,679 (52.6) |
479 (52.2) |
496 (57.5) |
311 (44.1) |
393 (55.4) |
<0.001 |
| More pictures |
977 (30.6) |
277 (30.2) |
415 (48.1) |
119 (16.9) |
166 (23.4) |
<0.001 |
| Doll/model |
828 (25.9) |
130 (14.2) |
399 (46.2) |
35 (5.0) |
264 (37.2) |
<0.001 |
| None | 710 (22.2) | 39 (4.3) | 154 (17.8) | 252 (35.7) | 265 (37.3) | <0.001 |
*Sample size’s are based on how many women answered the question; Of the total number of women ((All sites (N = 3,863); Rural Uttar Pradesh (N = 942); Hyderabad (N = 1,160); Nicaragua (N = 850) and Uganda (N = 911)), women that did not answer the question were excluded (All sites (N = 181); Rural Uttar Pradesh (N = 21); Hyderabad (N = 0); Nicaragua (N = 139) and Uganda (N = 21)), and women that checked more than one response were accounted for (All sites (N = 487); Rural Uttar Pradesh (N = 4); Hyderabad (N = 297); Nicaragua (N = 6) and Uganda (N = 162)).
†Categories are not mutually exclusive; Women could select more than one response category.
‡P value comparing the distribution among study sites.