Table 1.
Characteristics of participating women (n=243)
| Total | Participants who had heard of cervical cancer prior to intervention (Pretest- posttest group) |
Participants who had NOT heard of cervical cancer prior to intervention (Posttest-only group) |
P- value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=243 | (%) | N=117 | (%) | N=126 | (%) | ||
| Village | <0.001 | ||||||
| Village 1 | 48 | (20) | 45 | (38) | 3 | (2) | |
| Village 2 | 75 | (31) | 25 | (21) | 50 | (40) | |
| Village 3 | 25 | (10) | 6 | (5) | 19 | (15) | |
| Village 4 | 32 | (13) | 12 | (10) | 20 | (16) | |
| Village 5 | 20 | (8) | 10 | (9) | 10 | (8) | |
| Village 6 | 43 | (18) | 19 | (16) | 24 | (19) | |
| Marital Status | 0.307 | ||||||
| Single | 40 | (16) | 23 | (20) | 17 | (13) | |
| Married | 144 | (59) | 64 | (55) | 80 | (63) | |
| Divorced or widowed | 59 | (24) | 30 | (26) | 29 | (23) | |
| Highest level of schooling | 0.001 | ||||||
| None | 51 | (21) | 13 | (11) | 38 | (30) | |
| Standard 1–3 | 44 | (18) | 19 | (16) | 25 | (20) | |
| Standard 4–8 | 112 | (46) | 62 | (53) | 50 | (40) | |
| More than elementary | 36 | (15) | 23 | (20) | 13 | (10) | |
| Employed | 0.021 | ||||||
| Yes | 206 | (85) | 92 | (79) | 114 | (90) | |
| No | 14 | (6) | 11 | (9) | 3 | (2) | |
| In School | 23 | (9) | 14 | (12) | 9 | (7) | |
| Monthly Income | 0.352 | ||||||
| Less than 20,000 MK (»$42) | 176 | (74) | 87 | (78) | 89 | (71) | |
| 20,000–40,000 MK (»$42–85) | 56 | (24) | 22 | (20) | 34 | (27) | |
| More than 40,000 MK (»$85) | 5 | (2) | 3 | (3) | 2 | (2) | |
| Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | ||
| Age | 29 | (21–43) | 25 | (20–38) | 34.5 | (23–46) | <0.001 |
Data gathered July–December 2014 from women 18 years and older in rural Malawian villages.