Table 1.
Socio-demographic and facilitating conditions of CCS intention
| Socio-demographic variables | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 607) | CCS | p | ||
| No intention (n = 358) | Intention (n = 249) | |||
| Age (Mean, SD) | 36.3 (8.2) | 36.9 (8.4) | 35.4 (7.8) | NS |
| Income (in thousand INR) (Mean, SD) | 22.08 (10.4) | 20.42 (9.62) | 24.45 (11.04) | < 0.001 |
| Employment (%) | ||||
| Unemployed | 329 (54) | 209 (58) | 120 (48) | 0.010 |
| Employed | 278 (46) | 149 (42) | 129 (52) | |
| Education level (%) | ||||
| Secondary education not completed | 145 (24) | 103 (29) | 42 (17) | 0.001 |
| Secondary education completed | 462 (76) | 255 (71) | 207 (83) | |
| Training in HC profession (%) | ||||
| No | 586 (97) | 346 (97) | 240 (96) | NS |
| Yes | 21 (3) | 12 (3) | 9 (4) | |
| Health insurance (%) | ||||
| No | 484 (80) | 301 (84) | 183 (73.5) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 123 (20) | 57 (16) | 66 (26.5) | |
| Easiness of HC expenditure (%) | ||||
| Difficult | 238 (39) | 147 (41) | 91 (36.5) | NS |
| Easy | 369 (61) | 211 (59) | 158 (63.5) | |
| Routine Health check-ups (%) | ||||
| No | 364 (60) | 212 (59) | 152 (61) | NS |
| Yes | 243 (40) | 146 (41) | 97 (39) | |
| Healthcare expenditure decision- making (%) | p | |||
| Others | 485 (80) | 307 (86) | 178 (71.5) | < 0.001 |
| Woman herself | 122 (20) | 51 (14) | 71 (28.5) | |
| Facilitating conditions | ||||
| Accessibility to screening centre (%) | ||||
| Inaccessible | 126 (21) | 98 (27) | 28 (11) | < 0.001 |
| Accessible | 481 (79) | 260 (73) | 221 (89) | |
| Had symptoms | ||||
| No | 361 (59.5) | 206 (57.5) | 155 (62.2) | NS |
| Yes | 246 (40.5) | 152 (42.5) | 94 (37.8) | |
| Heard of CC | ||||
| No | 372 (61) | 227 (63) | 145 (58) | NS |
| Yes | 235 (39) | 130 (37) | 104 (42) | |
| Known someone with cervical cancer (%) | ||||
| No | 524 (86.5) | 314 (88) | 211 (85) | NS |
| Yes | 83 (13.5) | 44 (12) | 38 (15) | |
| Health literacy level (%) | ||||
| Limited | 478 (79) | 304 (85) | 174 (70) | < 0.001 |
| Adequate | 129 (21) | 54 (15) | 75 (30) | NS |
| Knowledge about CC (Mean, SD) | 3.9 (3.4) | 3.6 (3.18) | 4.1 (3.4) | NS |
| Knowledge about CC screening | ||||
| Poor | 576 (94.9) | 349 (97.5) | 227 (91.2) | 0.05 |
| Good | 31 (5.1) | 9 (2.5) | 22 (8.8) | |
p values from T-test, Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test where applicable