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Table 1 Stratified and overall distributions of the demographic characteristics of the recruited participants

From: A tailored within-community specimen collection strategy increased uptake of cervical cancer screening in a cross-sectional study in Ghana

 

Sub-categories

Reporting strategy, n (%)

All women

Community based

Peer Recruited

Long appointment

Short appointment

Age

15–19

6 (5.8)

2 (5.6)

12 (7.7)

6 (5.1)

26 (6.3)

20–24

18 (17.5)

2 (5.6)

26 (16.8)

19 (16.1)

65 (15.8)

25–29

28 (27.2)

8 (22.2)

36 (23.2)

25 (21.2)

97 (23.5)

30–34

6 (5.8)

3 (8.3)

20 (12.9)

17 (14.4)

46 (11.2)

35–39

12 (11.7)

7 (19.4)

15 (9.7)

18 (15.3)

52 (12.6)

40–44

8 (7.8)

8 (22.2)

18 (11.6)

17 (14.4)

51 (12.4)

45–49

6 (5.8)

2 (5.6)

15 (9.7)

7 (5.9)

30 (7.3)

50–54

8 (7.8)

1 (2.8)

10 (6.5)

3 (2.5)

22 (5.3)

55–59

4 (3.9)

3 (8.3)

2 (1.3)

4 (3.4)

13 (3.2)

60 Or Older

7 (6.8)a

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

2 (1.7)

10 (2.4)

Total

103

36

155

118

412 (100)

Religion

Christian

103 (100)

36, (100)

129 (82.7)a

105 (89.7)

373 (90.5)

Muslim

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

25 (16.0)a, b

10 (8.5)b

35 (8.5)

Other

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.3)

2 (1.7)

4 (1.0)

Total

103

36

156

117

412 (100)

Marital Status

Unmarried

38 (38.0)

10 (28.6)

49 (31.8)

53 (44.9)

150 (36.9)

Married

62 (62.0)

25 (71.4)

105 (68.2)

65 (55.1)

257 (63.1)

Total

100

35

154

118

407 (100)

Educational Status

No Formal

21 (20.8)

6 (16.7)

30 (19.5)

11 (9.3)

68 (16.6)

Primary

26 (25.7)

5 (13.9)

30 (19.5)

16 (13.6)

77 (18.8)

Junior Secondary

39 (38.6)

14,(38.9)

69 (44.8)a

72 (61.0)a

194 (47.4)

Senior Secondary

9 (8.9)

6 (16.7)

18 (11.7)

15 (12.7)

48 (11.7)

Post-Secondary

6 (5.9)

5 (13.9)

7 (4.5)

4 (3.4)

22 (5.4)

Total

101

36

154

118

409 (100)

Occupation

Unemployed

12 (12.0)

0 (0.0)

7 (4.7)

6 (5.2)

25 (6.2)

Formally employed

18 (18.0)

9 (25.0)

23 (15.3)

16 (13.8)

66 (16.4)

Skilled Worker

23 (23.0)

8 (22.2)

25 (16.7)

37 (31.9)

93 (23.1)

Trader

34 (34.0)

16 (44.4)

75 (50.0)

47 (40.5)

172 (42.8)

Agro-worker

13 (13.0)

3 (8.3)

20 (13.3)

10 (8.6)

46 (11.4)

Total

100

36

150

116

402 (100.0)

  1. aDenotes for each sub-category’s column proportions for a reporting strategy that differ significantly from the others of the same demographic character, at the 95% confidence level
  2. bThe difference in religious characteristics that showed Muslim in only two of the four strategies was primary due to the fact that there was a major Muslim community that was only approached at the early stage of the study with the Hospital long and short duration based strategies