From: Explaining socioeconomic inequality in cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi
Variables | Have you ever been tested for cervical cancer? | P-value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Total | ||||
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Chi-square | ||
Work status | ||||||
 Not working | 6213 | 88.3 | 823 | 11.7 |  |  |
 Working | 1613 | 83.1 | 329 | 16.9 | 37.42 | 0.00 |
Location | ||||||
 Rural | 5354 | 91.8 | 476 | 8.2 |  |  |
 Urban | 2472 | 78.5 | 676 | 21.5 | 323.74 | 0.00 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Not married | 1593 | 86.8 | 242 | 13.2 |  |  |
 Married | 6233 | 87.3 | 910 | 12.7 | 0.26 | 0.609 |
Education status | ||||||
 No education | 1053 | 91.3 | 100 | 8.7 |  |  |
 Primary | 5052 | 89.3 | 608 | 10.7 |  |  |
 Secondary | 1559 | 81.7 | 350 | 18.3 | 222.20 | 0.00 |
 Post-secondary | 162 | 63.3 | 94 | 36.7 |  |  |
Religion of the respondent | ||||||
 Christian | 6428 | 86.7 | 989 | 13.3 |  |  |
 Muslim | 823 | 90.3 | 88 | 9.7 | 10.84 | 0.00 |
 No religion | 575 | 88.5 | 75 | 11.5 |  |  |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
 Quintile 1 | 1159 | 95.3 | 57 | 4.7 |  |  |
 Quintile 2 | 1316 | 93.9 | 86 | 6.1 |  |  |
 Quintile 3 | 1406 | 93.1 | 104 | 6.9 | 473.47 | 0.00 |
 Quintile 4 | 1602 | 89 | 198 | 11 |  |  |
 Quintile 5 | 2343 | 76.8 | 707 | 23.2 |  |  |
Ever tested for HIV | ||||||
 No | 619 | 93.5 | 43 | 6.5 |  |  |
 Yes | 7207 | 86.7 | 1109.00 | 13.3 | 25.65 | 0.00 |
Region | ||||||
 Northern | 999.0 | 86.3 | 158 | 13.7 |  | 0.00 |
 Central | 3292.0 | 89.0 | 406 | 11.0 |  |  |
 Southern | 3535.0 | 85.7 | 588 | 14.3 |  |  |
 Total | 7826 | 87.2 | 1152 | 12.8 |  |  |