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Table 2 Relationship between Factors and Screening

From: Demographic, knowledge, attitudinal, and accessibility factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a rural district of Tanzania: Three public policy implications

 

Screened

Not Screened

 
 

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

Significance

Husband approval

64

3.97

1.43

192

3.01

1.29

F = 24.89

p < 0.01

Embarrassment

80

2.54

1.34

274

3.04

1.31

F = 9.11

p < 0.01

Painful

80

2.40

1.25

274

3.27

1.30

F = 27.98

p < 0.001

 

N

%

N

%

 

Education

   None

3

14.3

18

85.7

Fisher's exact = 1.03

   Primary

9

4.6

187

95.4

p < 0.001

   Secondary

56

44.4

70

55.6

 

   College

10

90.9

1

9.1

 

Knowledge

   High

51

75.0

17

25.0

χ2 = 1.33

   Medium

6

8.0

69

92.0

 

   Low

23

10.4

188

89.6

p < 0.001

Preference of provider sex

   Male

6

7.5

37

13.5

χ2 = 10.84

   Female

22

27.5

116

42.3

 

   Either

52

65.0

121

44.2

p < 0.01

Awareness of center (2 missing)

   Yes

80

34.0

155

66.0

χ2 = 52.34

   No

0

0.0

119

100.0

p < 0.001

Distance to facility

2 to 5 km

38

38.0

6

62.0

χ2 = 19.99

6 to 10 km

34

16.2

177

83.8

 

> = 30 km

6

15.0

34

85.0

p < 0.001