Table 1.

The distribution by sociodemographic characteristics and awareness about cervical cancer.

Variables	Awareness about cervical cancer				p value
	Not aware		Aware
	n	%	n	%
Education:
No education	528	44.3	663	55.7
Primary incomplete	250	35.8	448	64.2	∗∗∗
Primary completed	867	27.3	2307	72.7
Secondary or more	67	14	413	86
Age groups:
15–19	218	50.2	216	49.8
0–24	334	35	619	65
25–29	374	32	794	68	∗∗∗
30–34	224	23.5	731	76.5
35–39	287	30.7	647	69.3
40–44	155	24.6	475	75.4
45–49	119	25.4	350	74.6
Occupation:
Unemployed	162	27.3	432	72.7
Self-employed	1494	32.9	3050	67.9	∗∗∗
Employed	56	13.8	349	86.2

Here ∗∗∗ indicates p < 0.001. N = 5543; 2 participants were missing some information on independent variables: 2 on occupation.