Table 1.
Background characteristics of the weighted survey participants, the prevalence of cervical cancer screening, and the multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratio by country and survey year (N=28,976)
| All Participants | Cervical Cancer Screening | Multivariable adjusted analysis | |||
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| Countries | Survey Year | Na (%b) | Nc (%) | (aPR) (95% CI) | P-Value |
| Overall | 28,976 | 5,512 (19.0) | |||
| Benin | 2017–18 | 5,708 (19.7) | 38 (0.7) | ref. | |
| Ivory Coast | 2011–12 | 2,968 (10.2) | 94 (3.2) | 3.14 (2.05, 4.82) | <.001 |
| Kenya | 2014 | 9,129 (31.5) | 1,943 (21.3) | 18.07 (12.45, 26.22) | <.001 |
| Namibia | 2013 | 4,872 (16.8) | 2,237 (45.9) | 37.13 (25.50, 54.05) | <.001 |
| Zimbabwe | 2015 | 6,299 (21.7) | 1,200 (19.1) | 18.12 (12.41, 26.46) | <.001 |
Na = Weighted sample size of the combined dataset that is represented by that survey for each country
%b = The % of the combined dataset that is represented by that survey.
Nc= Prevalence of cervical cancer screening.
ref=reference
STI: Sexually transmissible infection
Model fully adjusted for country, health insurance coverage (yes/no), pregnancy status (yes/no), breastfeeding status (yes/no), age (categorical), education status (categorical), marital status (categorical), wealth index status (categorical), place of residence (urban/rural), employment status (yes/no), number of living children (categorical), STI (yes/no), contraceptive use (yes/no), sexually active in the last 4 weeks (categorical), household having a radio (yes/no), household having a television (yes/no), visited health care facility in the last 12 months (yes/no)