Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants according to residence
| Groups | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Villages | Small town | Large town | |||||||
| (n = 394) | (n = 77) | (n = 73) | (n = 244) | |||||||
| N | (%) | 95% CI | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | P value1 | |
| Age (median = 34) | 0.95 | |||||||||
| < 26 | 98 | (25) | 21–29 | 17 | (22) | 19 | (26) | 62 | (25) | |
| 26–34 | 105 | (27) | 22–31 | 24 | (31) | 20 | (27) | 61 | (25) | |
| 35–45 | 100 | (25) | 21–30 | 19 | (25) | 18 | (25) | 63 | (26) | |
| > 45 | 91 | (23) | 19–28 | 17 | (22) | 16 | (22) | 58 | (24) | |
| Occupation | < 0.0001 | |||||||||
| Housewife | 203 | (51.5) | 47–56 | 63 | (82) | 41 | (56) | 99 | (40.5) | |
| Self employed2 | 138 | (35) | 30–40 | 5 | (6) | 26 | (36) | 107 | (44) | |
| Professional or student | 53 | (13.5) | 10–17 | 9 | (12) | 6 | (8) | 11 | (15.5) | |
| Number of children (median = 2) | < 0.0006 | |||||||||
| 0 | 41 | (10) | 8–14 | 9 | (12) | 6 | (8) | 26 | (11) | |
| 1–3 | 229 | (58) | 53–63 | 30 | (39) | 38 | (52) | 161 | (66) | |
| 4–10 | 124 | (32) | 27–32 | 38 | (49) | 29 | (40) | 57 | (23) | |
| Current family planning method | 0.59 | |||||||||
| None | 207 | (52.5) | 48–57 | 45 | (58) | 40 | (55) | 122 | (50) | |
| Hormonal contraception | 130 | (33) | 28–38 | 27 | (35) | 22 | (30) | 81 | (33) | |
| Others3 | 43 | (11) | 8–14 | 3 | (4) | 10 | (14) | 30 | (12) | |
| Condom | 14 | (3.5) | 2–6 | 2 | (3) | 1 | (1) | 11 | (5) | |
| Cytological inspection PAP | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Ever | 273 | (69) | 64–73 | 46 | (60) | 50 | (68) | 177 | (72) | |
| Never | 121 | (31) | 27–36 | 31 | (40) | 23 | (32) | 67 | (28) | |
1P value was calculated using χ2 test between residence groups
2Self-employed: Merchant, artisan, cook and farmer
3Others: Intra uterine devise (IUD), tubal ligation and calendar