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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, presented for all women and by self-collection option

From: HPV testing: a mixed-method approach to understand why women prefer self-collection in a middle-income country

 

All women

Opted for self-collection

 
  

Yes

No

p-value*

 

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

 

Total

3049

2616 (85.8)

433 (14.2)

 

Women visited by CHWs of each gender

 Female

2679 (87.9)

2311 (88.3)

368 (85.0)

0.2397

 Male

370 (12.1)

305 (11.7)

65 (15.0)

 

Area

 Rural

554 (18.2)

439 (16.8)

115 (26.6)

0.2558

 Urban

2494 (81.8)

2176 (83.2)

318 (73.4)

 

Age (years)

 30–39

1294 (42.4)

1132 (43.3)

162 (37.4)

0.0718

 40–49

784 (25.7)

674 (25.8)

110 (25.4)

 

 50–64

762 (25.0)

651 (24.9)

111 (25.6)

 

 65+

209 (6.9)

159 (6.1)

50 (11.5)

 

Education level

 Tertiary incomplete/complete

367 (14.9)

321 (15.2)

46 (13.0)

0.1641

 Secondary complete

468 (19.0)

401 (19.0)

67 (19.0)

 

 Primary complete/secondary incomplete

1139 (46.3)

992 (47.0)

147 (41.6)

 

 Never went to school/primary incomplete

488 (19.8)

395 (18.7)

93 (26.3)

 

Health insurance

 Private/social security

1326 (49.5)

1113 (48.7)

213 (54.2)

0.0286

 Public system

1353 (50.5)

1173 (51.3)

180 (45.8)

 

PAP in last three years

 No

2160 (70.8)

1875 (71.7)

285 (65.8)

0.7677

 Yes

889 (29.2)

741 (28.3)

148 (34.2)

 
  1. CHWs community health workers, Pap papanicolaou
  2. *Generalized mixed linear model with CHW as a random effect and each factor as a fixed effect