Table 1:
Demographic Characteristics (n=419)
| N (%) or mean (+/−sd) | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 33.4 +/− 9.3 |
| Relationship Status | |
| Married | 282 (67.3%) |
| Single/Widow/Divorced | 137 (32.7%) |
| Highest Educational Level | |
| Primary school or less | 308 (73.5%) |
| Beyond primary school | 111 (26.5%) |
| Occupation | |
| Works outside the home | 249 (59.4%) |
| Housewife/farming/fishing | 170 (40.6%) |
| Facility Type | |
| District Hospital | 108 (25.8%) |
| Sub-District Hospital | 189 (45.1%) |
| Dispensary | 122 (29.1%) |
| Transportation to clinic | |
| Walking | 244 (58.2%) |
| Motorcycle | 163 (38.9%) |
| Other | 12 (2.9%) |
| Travel time to clinic (minutes) | 47.5 +/− 40.2 |
| Primary source of health information | |
| Health facility or healthcare worker | 356 (85.0%) |
| Other source (radio, church, school, etc) | 63 (15.0%) |
| Knows someone with cervical cancer | 121 (29.0%) |
| Prior health seeking behavior | |
| STD testing | 81 (19.4%) |
| Clinician breast exam | 25 (6.0%) |
| Mammogram | 17 (4.1%) |
| HIV testing | 390 (93.1%) |
| Reproductive History | |
| Gravidity | 3.4 +/− 2.4 |
| Age of sexual debut (years) | 16.5 +/− 2.6 |
| # of current sexual partners | 0.9 +/− 0.5 |
| # of lifetime sexual partners | 2.2 +/− 1.3 |
| Use of Modern Family Planning | |
| None | 229 (54.7%) |
| Depo/Injectables | 94 (22.4%) |
| Long-term: IUCD/Implant | 44 (10.5%) |
| Condom | 21 (5.0%) |
| Other | 16 (7.4%) |
| HIV Status | |
| Positive | 233 (55.6%) |
| Negative | 114 (27.2%) |
| Unknown* | 72 (17.2%) |
| Mean years since tested positive | 3.3 +/− 2.8 |
*
HIV Unknown = never screened or no negative test in the last year