Table 2.
Difference in sexual/reproductive characteristics of women who did or did not report for specimen collection.
| Variables | Categories | #Number (%) of women who (N = 415) | Pearson chi-square (p-value) | ||
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| Reported | Did not report | Total | |||
| Age at first sexual intercourse (categorised) | <20 | 155 (62.8) | 95 (63.3) | 250 (63.0) | 0.013 (0.908) |
| ≥20 | 92 (37.2) | 55 (36.7) | 147 (37.0) | ||
| Total | 247 | 150 | 397 | ||
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| Lifetime number of sexual partners (categorised) | 1 | 52 (21.1) | 39 (26.0) | 91 (22.9) | 2.387 (0.303) |
| 2 | 75 (30.4) | 36 (24.0) | 111 (28.0) | ||
| ≥3 | 120 (48.6) | 75 (50.0) | 195 (49.1) | ||
| Total | 247 | 150 | 397 | ||
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| Use of condom during sexual intercourse | No | 148 (59.2) | 92 (57.9) | 240 (58.7) | 0.072 (0.789) |
| Yes | 102 (40.8) | 67 (42.1) | 169 (41.3) | ||
| Total | 250 | 159 | 409 | ||
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| Number of abortion (categorised) | 1 | 73 (62.4) | 28 (50.0) | 101 (58.4) | 2.394 (0.122) |
| ≥2 | 44 (37.6) | 28 (50.0) | 72 (41.6) | ||
| Total | 117 | 56 | 173 | ||
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| Number of pregnancies (categorised) | 1 | 34 (15.3) | 23 (17.3) | 57 (16.1) | 0.521 (0.771) |
| 2–4 | 100 (45.0) | 62 (46.6) | 162 (45.6) | ||
| ≥5 | 88 (39.6) | 48 (36.1) | 136 (38.3) | ||
| Total | 222 | 133 | 355 | ||
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| Number of miscarriages (categorised) | 1 | 42 (63.6) | 25 (62.5) | 67 (63.2) | 0.014 (0.906) |
| ≥2 | 24 (36.4) | 15 (37.5) | 39 (36.8) | ||
| Total | 66 | 40 | 106 | ||
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| Duration of OC use | <1 year | 33 (56.9) | 14 (43.8) | 47 (52.2) | 7.823 (0.020)∗ |
| 1–4 years | 18 (31.0) | 18 (56.3) | 36 (40.0) | ||
| >4 years | 7 (12.1) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (7.8) | ||
| Total | 58 | 32 | 90 | ||
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| Sexual age (categorised) | <11 | 105 (42.5) | 70 (47.0) | 175 (44.2) | 1.317 (0.725) |
| 11–19 | 62 (25.1) | 35 (23.5) | 97 (24.5) | ||
| 20–29 | 51 (20.6) | 31 (20.8) | 82 (20.7) | ||
| >29 | 29 (11.7) | 13 (8.70) | 42 (10.60) | ||
| Total | 247 | 149 | 396 | ||
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| Male sexual partner | None currently | 33 (13.1) | 28 (17.6) | 61 (14.9) | 1.531 (0.216) |
| Currently have | 218 (86.9) | 131 (82.4) | 349 (85.1) | ||
| Total | 251 | 159 | 410 | ||
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| Abortion | Not aborted | 133 (53.2) | 105 (65.2) | 238 (57.9) | 5.802 (0.016)∗ |
| Have aborted | 117 (46.8) | 56 (34.8) | 173 (42.1) | ||
| Total | 250 | 161 | 411 | ||
∗Significant difference within the categories. #The total number of women who completed the questionnaire was 415.