Table 1 The Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, Lagos, Nigeria April 2011 (n = 1517)
From: Willingness and acceptability of cervical cancer screening among HIV positive Nigerian women
Sociodemographic characteristics | Number of respondents (%) |
|---|---|
Age (Years) | |
· Less than 20 | 16(1.1) |
· 20 – 29 | 316(20.8) |
· 30 – 39 | 797(52.5) |
· 40 – 49 | 341(22.5) |
· 50 and above | 47(3.1) |
Religion | |
· Christianity | 849(56.0) |
· Islam | 664(43.8) |
· Others | 4(0.2) |
Marital Status | |
· Married | 923(60.8) |
· Never Married | 449(29.6) |
· Widow | 145(9.6) |
Ethnic Group | |
· Yoruba | 568(37.1) |
· Igbo | 579(37.9) |
· Hausa | 80(5.2) |
· Southern Minority | 224(14.7) |
· Northern Minority | 57(3.7) |
· Others | 13(5.1) |
Educational level completed | |
· None | 37(2.4) |
· Primary | 223(14.7) |
· Secondary | 776(51.2) |
· Tertiary | 481(31.7) |
Number of Living Children | |
· 0 – 1 | 764(50.4) |
· 2 – 4 | 675(44.5) |
· 5 and above | 78(5.1) |
Duration of HIV disease (Months) | |
· Less than 13 | 417(27.5) |
· 13 – 36 | 422(27.8) |
· Greater than 36 | 678(44.7) |
HIV risk of transmission | |
· Heterosexual Contact | 1208(79.6) |
· Blood and Blood product | 233(15.4) |
· Others | 78(5.0) |