Table 2.
Factors associated with uptake of HPV self-sampling.
| Returned HPV Self-Sampling Kit for Laboratory Test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 25–35 N = 86 (Row%) |
p-Value * | Aged ≥ 45 N = 43 (Row%) |
p-Value * | Total N = 129 (Row%) |
p-Value * | |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| Mean (S.D.) | 30.3 (1.8) | 0.734 | 56 (6.2) | 0.254 | 38.9 (12.9) | 0.609 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single/divorced/widow | 50 (70.4) | 0.348 | 8 (72.7) | 0.931 | 58 (70.7) | 0.550 |
| Married/cohabited | 36 (78.3) | 35 (71.4) | 71 (74.7) | |||
| Highest Education attainment | ||||||
| Primary or below | 0 (0.0) | N/A | 6 (75.0) | 0.913 | 6 (75.0) | 0.900 |
| Secondary | 0 (0.0) | 27 (69.2) | 27 (69.2) | |||
| Tertiary or above | 86 (73.5) | 10 (76.9) | 96 (73.8) | |||
| Religious Belief | ||||||
| Yes | 30 (88.2) | 0.022 # | 15 (65.2) | 0.382 | 45 (78.9) | 0.211 |
| No | 56 (67.5) | 28 (75.7) | 84 (70.0) | |||
| Employment status | ||||||
| Full-time/part-time | 86 (74.1) | 0.265 | 19 (86.4) | 0.135 | 105 (76.1) | 0.155 |
| Unemployed | 0 (0.0) | 3 (75.0) | 3 (75.0) | |||
| Retired/Housewife | 0 (0.0) | 21 (61.8) | 21 (60.0) | |||
| Lifestyle behaviour | ||||||
| Age at first sexual intercourse | ||||||
| ≤17 | 8 (88.9) | 0.680 | 4 (100.0) | 0.566 | 12 (92.3) | 0.300 |
| ≥18 | 66 (78.6) | 39 (70.9) | 105 (75.5) | |||
| Number of lifetime sexual partner | ||||||
| ≥2 | 31 (79.5) | 0.987 | 16 (80.0) | 0.539 | 47 (79.7) | 0.251 |
| ≤1 | 51 (72.9) | 27 (69.2) | 78 (71.6) | |||
| Frequent sexual activity & | ||||||
| Active | 54 (81.8) | 0.400 | 12 (66.7) | 0.446 | 66 (78.6) | 0.646 |
| Occasional | 20 (74.1) | 29 (76.3) | 49 (75.4) | |||
| Condom use & | ||||||
| Never/Sometimes | 31 (75.6) | 0.516 | 17 (65.4) | 0.534 | 48 (71.6) | 0.141 |
| Always/Often | 43 (82.7) | 9 (81.8) | 52 (82.5) | |||
| Post-coital bleeding & | ||||||
| Yes | 12 (100.0) | 0.117 | 2 (50.0) | 0.305 | 14 (87.5) | 0.522 |
| No | 62 (76.5) | 24 (75.0) | 86 (76.1) | |||
| Urethritis & | ||||||
| Yes | 10 (90.9) | 0.284 | 7 (77.8) | 0.720 | 17 (85.0) | 0.286 |
| No | 76 (71.7) | 36 (72.0) | 112 (71.8) | |||
| STD | ||||||
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | N/A | 3 (100.0) | 0.551 | 3 (100.0) | 0.564 |
| No | 86 (73.5) | 40 (70.2) | 126 (72.4) | |||
| Screening patterns (Pap) | ||||||
| Never/Under-screened | 48 (72.7) | 0.916 | 22 (78.6) | 0.234 | 71 (74.7) | 0.517 |
| Regularly screened | 37 (74.0) | 20 (64.5) | 57 (70.4) | |||
* Chi-square/Fisher exact tests were used for categorical variables; # p-Value < 0.05; & Data referred to the past 2 years among community respondents, whereas in the past 6 months among vaccinated females. Missing values are not presented. % Column percentage.