Table 5.
Predictors of prior screening
| Variable | Prior screen n=219 Prop (N) Mean (SD) |
No screen n=47 Prop (N) Mean (SD) |
P value |
| Age | 50.51 (5.84) | 50.04 (5.90) | 0.62 |
| Ethnicity | <0.001* | ||
| Buddhist | 0.55 (121) | 0.21 (10) | |
| Muslim | 0.45 (98) | 0.79 (37) | |
| Education | 0.03* | ||
| None | 0.05 (10) | 0.11 (5) | |
| Primary | 0.64 (141) | 0.79 (37) | |
| Secondary | 0.20 (44) | 0.11 (5) | |
| Vocational | 0.06 (13) | 0.00 (0) | |
| Academic college | 0.05 (11) | 0.00 (0) | |
| Postgraduate | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | |
| Past year income | 0.41 | ||
| 0–79 999 | 0.34 (66) | 0.29 (12) | |
| 80 000–119 999 | 0.26 (52) | 0.33 (14) | |
| 1 20 000–179 999 | 0.17 (34) | 0.24 (10) | |
| 180 000 or more | 0.23 (45) | 0.14 (6) | |
| Lifetime sexual partners | 1.20 (0.61) | 1.13 (0.40) | 0.34 |
| Marriage age | 21.74 (5.63) | 19.02 (3.00) | <0.001* |
| Literate | 0.91 (200) | 0.74 (35) | 0.001* |
| Frequency of health visits | 0.17 | ||
| More than 1/week | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | |
| 1/week | 0.00 (1) | 0.00 (0) | |
| 1/month | 0.13 (8) | 0.06 (3) | |
| Every 3–6 months | 0.46 (101) | 0.34 (16) | |
| 1/year | 0.21 (47) | 0.34 (16) | |
| Less than 1/year | 0.19 (42) | 0.26 (12) | |
| Breast exam | 0.24 (53) | 0.09 (4) | 0.02* |
| Mammogram | 0.16 (9) | 1.00 (4) | 0.001* |
| Use Depo-Provera | 0.48 (103) | 0.40 (18) | 0.41 |
| Use birth control pill | 0.56 (121) | 0.42 (19) | 0.10 |
| Use condom | 0.34 (73) | 0.11 (5) | 0.002* |
| Number of pregnancies | 3.39 (1.72) | 4.04 (2.06) | 0.05* |
| Number of children | 2.94 (1.38) | 3.68 (1.72) | 0.01* |
| Age at first pregnancy | 23.69 (5.54) | 21.23 (3.74) | <0.001* |
| Family member with CC | 0.04 (8) | 0.00 (0) | 0.13 |
| Age first sex | 21.44 (5.29) | 19.02 (2.72) | <0.001* |
| Knowledge of HPV | 0.47 (102) | 0.30 (14) | 0.04* |
*p < 0.05
CC, Cervical Cancer; HPV, human papillomavirus.