Factors affecting attendance to cervical cancer screening among women in the Paracentral Region of El Salvador: a nested study within the CAPE HPV screening program

Table 2 Sexual history and screening experience of participants for screening attendance

	Total		Attended screening		Did not attend		p-value^a
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value^a
Total	409	100.0	360	100.0	49	100.0
Age of first intercourse (years)
< 16	83	20.5	75	21.1	8	16.3
16–19	210	51.9	189	53.1	21	42.9
> 20	112	27.7	92	25.8	20	40.8	.09
Number of lifetime sexual partners
1	189	47.0	167	47.2	22	45.8
2–3	178	44.3	161	45.5	17	35.4
> 4	35	8.7	26	7.3	9	18.8	.03
Number of partners in past 3 months
Zero	57	14.1	54	15.2	3	6.3
One	343	85.1	299	84.2	44	91.7
Two or more	3	0.8	2	0.6	1	2.0	.10
Current birth control method
1 month injection	13	3.2	12	3.3	1	2.0
2 month injection	33	8.1	29	8.1	4	8.2
3 month injection	57	14.0	45	12.5	12	24.5
Tubal ligation	88	21.6	80	22.3	8	16.3
Other	20	4.9	16	4.5	4	8.2
None	197	48.3	177	49.3	20	40.8	.21
Ever had an STI	71	17.4	61	17.0	10	20.4	.59
Provider recommended screening in past 3 years	265	64.8	237	65.8	28	57.1	.23
Last screen for cervical cancer
</=3 years ago	312	77.2	281	78.9	31	64.6
> 3 years ago	81	20.1	67	18.8	14	29.2
Never	11	2.7	8	2.3	3	6.3	.04

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