Table 6. Cervical cancer related risk behaviours among Mayuge women–Eastern Uganda.
Cervical cancer-related risky behaviours | Response | Frequency (N = 400) |
Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Ever screened for Cervical Cancer | Yes | 96 | 24.0 |
No | 304 | 76.0 | |
Intention to screen (n = 340) | Yes | 190 | 55.8 |
No | 150 | 44.1 | |
Age at first sexual intercourse | < 18 | 343 | 85.8 |
18 and above | 57 | 14.3 | |
Self-reported HIV status | Positive | 86 | 21.5 |
Negative | 314 | 78.5 | |
History of STIs other than HIV | Yes | 202 | 50.5 |
No | 198 | 49.5 | |
Number of lifetime sexual partners | One | 15 | 3.8 |
Multiple | 385 | 96.3 | |
History of sexual intercourse for money | Yes | 33 | 8.3 |
No | 367 | 91.8 | |
Frequency of condom use | Never | 243 | 60.8 |
Usually | 157 | 39.3 | |
Age when you had first pregnancy | < 20 | 329 | 82.3 |
20 above | 71 | 17.8 | |
Parity | Less than 3 | 92 | 23.0 |
3 above | 308 | 77.0 | |
History of tobacco use | Yes | 28 | 7.0 |
No | 372 | 93.0 | |
History of alcohol consumption | Yes | 138 | 34.5 |
No | 262 | 65.5 | |
Vaccinated against HPV | Yes | 0 | 0 |
No | 400 | 100 | |
History of modern contraceptive use (other than condom) | Yes | 279 | 69.8 |
No | 121 | 30.3 |