Table 2.
Distribution of participants by awareness about cervical cancer and the potential factors affecting awareness (chi-square).
| Variables | Awareness about cervical cancer | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not aware | Aware | ||||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Wealth index: | |||||
| Poorest | 441 | 42.6 | 595 | 57.4 | |
| Poorer | 433 | 37.8 | 712 | 62.2 | ∗∗∗ |
| Middle | 378 | 34.6 | 713 | 65.4 | |
| Richer | 318 | 27.3 | 847 | 72.7 | |
| Richest | 142 | 12.9 | 962 | 87.1 | |
| Zones: | |||||
| Eastern | 90 | 15 | 510 | 85 | |
| Western | 138 | 31.6 | 299 | 68.4 | |
| Southern | 112 | 36.1 | 198 | 63.9 | ∗∗∗ |
| Southern Highlands | 244 | 38.7 | 386 | 61.3 | |
| SW Highlands | 240 | 40.1 | 359 | 59.9 | |
| Central | 129 | 20.1 | 513 | 79.9 | |
| Northern | 188 | 30.2 | 434 | 69.8 | |
| Lake | 507 | 33.1 | 1025 | 66.9 | |
| Zanzibar | 64 | 37.4 | 107 | 62.6 | |
| Parity: | |||||
| 0 | 146 | 41.4 | 207 | 58.6 | |
| 1–4 | 933 | 28.6 | 2332 | 71.4 | ∗∗∗ |
| >4 | 633 | 32.9 | 1292 | 67.1 | |
| Place of Residence: | |||||
| Urban | 180 | 15.5 | 989 | 84.6 | ∗∗∗ |
| Rural | 1532 | 35 | 2843 | 65 | |
Here ∗∗∗ indicates p < 0.001.