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. 2015 Sep;15(3):755–761. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v15i3.8

Table 2.

Awareness and knowledge about cervical cancer (N=46)

Characteristics N (%) N (%) P-Value*
Urban (N=150) Rural (N=150)
Ever heard about cervical
cancer (N=46)
Yes 39 (26.0) 7 (4.7) P<0.05*
No 111 (74.0) 143 (95.3)
Where heard about cervical
Radio 9 (23.1) 7 (100.0)
Medical center 26 (66.6) 0 (0.0) Incalculable
Other (school. village meeting) 4 (10.26) 0 (0.0)
Basic knowledge about
cervical cancer*
Good 23 (59.0) 1 (14.3) P<0.05**
Mediocre 13 (33.3) 4 (57.1)
Poor 3 (7.7) 2 (28.6)

Note: Basic knowledge: poor: 0 to 2 correct answer out of 6 questions; mediocre: 3 to 4 correct answers out of 6 questions; good: 5 to 6 correct answers

*

Analyzed with Fisher exact test,

**

analyzed with Extended Mantel-Haenszel chi square