Table 3.
Awareness of the cervical cancer screening test
| Variable | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness of cervical cancer screening test | ||
| Yes | 250 | 67.6 |
| No | 37 | 10.0 |
| I don’t know | 83 | 22.4 |
| Age of women should start doing the test | ||
| 18–25 years | 82 | 22.2 |
| > 25 years | 22 | 5.9 |
| ≥ 30 years | 45 | 12.2 |
| ≥ 40 years | 46 | 12.4 |
| At the age of marriage | 17 | 4.5 |
| At menopause | 9 | 2.4 |
| Unrelated to age | 11 | 2.9 |
| When a woman feels pain | 1 | 0.3 |
| I don’t know | 137 | 37.0 |
| Practiced the pap smear test | ||
| Yes | 36 | 9.7 |
| No | 323 | 87.3 |
| I don’t know | 11 | 3.0 |
| Interested in doing a pap smear test | ||
| Yes | 278 | 75.1 |
| No | 75 | 20.3 |
| I don’t know | 17 | 4.6 |
| Pap tests should be done regularly every three years | ||
| Yes | 172 | 46.5 |
| No | 92 | 24.9 |
| I don’t know | 106 | 28.6 |