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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Prevalence and risk factors for cancer of the uterine cervix among women living in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

 

Group 1 (n = 131)

Group 2 (n = 128)

Group 3 (n = 539)

Group 4 (n = 220)

Total (n = 1018)

HIV screening centres

HIV screening centres

Hospitals

Health centres

HIV-positive women

HIV-negative women

HIV status unknown

HIV status unknown

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Marital status

130

 

128

 

533

 

217

 

1008

 

 Married

43

(33.1)

26

(20.3)

326

(61.2)

120

(55.3)

515

(51.1)

 Single

39

(30.0)

95

(74.2)

76

(14.3)

33

(15.2)

243

(24.1)

 Widowed

34

(26.2)

4

(3.1)

92

(17.3)

51

(23.5)

181

(18.0)

 Divorced

14

(10.8)

3

(2.3)

39

(7.3)

13

(6.0)

69

(6.9)

Formal employment

129

 

126

 

525

 

215

 

995

 

 No

73

(56.6)

67

(53.2)

225

(42.9)

109

(50.7)

474

(47.6)

 Yes

56

(43.4)

59

(46.8)

300

(51.7)

106

(49.3)

521

(52.4)

Number of pregnancies

128

 

126

 

517

 

219

 

990

 

 0-2

29

(22.7)

87

(69.1)

131

(25.3)

53

(24.2)

300

(30.3)

 3-5

42

(32.8)

28

(22.2)

124

(24.0)

60

(27.4)

254

(25.7)

 6 or more

57

(44.5)

11

(8.7)

262

(50.7)

106

(48.4)

436

(44.0)

Number of childbirths

128

 

126

 

520

 

218

 

992

 

 0-2

48

(37.5)

100

(79.4)

190

(36.5)

70

(32.1)

408

(41.1)

 3-5

41

(32.0)

20

(15.9)

161

(31.0)

66

(30.3)

288

(29.0)

 6 or more

39

(30.5)

6

(4.8)

169

(32.5)

82

(37.6)

296

(29.8)

Abortion

128

 

126

 

518

 

218

 

990

 

 No

48

(37.5)

61

(48.4)

175

(33.8)

105

(48.2)

389

(39.3)

 Yes

80

(62.5)

65

(51.6)

343

(66.2)

113

(51.8)

601

(60.7)

  1. n: absolute number; %: percentage of participants in each study group and each category