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Table 2 FSW’s awareness, perceptions, and behaviors on cervical cancer and HPV (N = 360)

From: HPV and cervical cancer related knowledge, awareness and testing behaviors in a community sample of female sex workers in China

  

Age group

 

Item

N (%)

18-24 years old (N = 163)

25 years and above (N = 197)

p-value

Ever heard of cervical cancer

247(70.8%)

122 (77.7%)

125 (65.1%)

0.013

Ever heard of HPV

76 (22.1%)

32 (20.5%)

44 (23.4%)

0.602

Ever heard of HPV vaccine

46 (13.3%)

15 (9.4%)

31 (16.5%)

0.058

Perceived at risk of cervical cancer

36 (10.0%)

17 (10.4%)

19 (9.6%)

0.861

Ever had pap smear

54(15.3%)

19 (11.7%)

35 (18.2%)

0.103

Wiling to have HPV vaccine

   

0.180

  Willing even if not for free

73 (21.4%)

26 (16.9%)

47 (25.1%)

  Willing if free

139 (40.8%)

66 (42.9%)

73 (39.0%)

  No willing

129 (37.8%)

62 (40.3%)

67 (35.8%)

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