Table 1 Sociodemographic factors and HIV status and having had a cervical screening
Previous Cervical Exam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | p-value | |
N = 87 | N = 210 | N = 297 | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age | ||||
< 30 | 21 (24.1) | 88 (41.9) | 109 (36.7) | 0.0032 |
≥ 30 | 66 (75.9) | 122 (58.1) | 188 (63.3) | |
Region | ||||
Hhohho | 32 (36.8) | 79 (38.3) | 111 (37.9) | 0.2852 |
Lubombo | 4 (4.6) | 4 (1.9) | 8 (2.7) | |
Manzini | 43 (49.4) | 91 (44.2) | 134 (45.7) | |
Shiselweni | 8 (9.2) | 32 (15.5) | 40 (13.7) | |
Marital Status | ||||
Married/Cohabiting | 40 (46) | 90 (42.9) | 130 (43.8) | 0.6222 |
Widowed/Single/Separated | 47 (54) | 120 (57.1) | 167 (56.2) | |
Monthly income (1 US dollar = 14 Swaziland Lilangeni) | ||||
< E500 or None | 29 (33.3) | 84 (40.2) | 113 (38.2) | 0.4345 |
E500–1200 | 23 (26.4) | 56 (26.8) | 79 (26.7) | |
> E1201 | 35 (40.2) | 69 (33) | 104 (35.1) | |
Education level | ||||
Primary/No school | 17 (19.5) | 50 (23.8) | 67 (22.6) | 0.0865 |
Secondary | 46 (52.9) | 126 (60) | 172 (57.9) | |
Tertiary | 24 (27.6) | 34 (16.2) | 58 (19.5) | |
Employment status | ||||
Employed/Self-employed or Partially | 59 (67.8) | 115 (55.8) | 174 (59.4) | 0.0541 |
Unemployed/Student | 28 (32.2) | 91 (44.2) | 119 (40.6) | |
Occupation | ||||
Laborer | 24 (35.8) | 47 (36.2) | 71 (36) | 0.9932 |
Skilled worker/Clerical | 26 (38.8) | 51 (39.2) | 77 (39.1) | |
Professional | 17 (25.4) | 32 (24.6) | 49 (24.9) | |
Smoking status | ||||
Never smoked | 83 (95.4) | 204 (97.1) | 287 (96.6) | 0.4619 |
Former/current smoker | 4 (4.6) | 6 (2.9) | 10 (3.4) | |
Drink alcohol? | ||||
Yes | 11 (13.1) | 14 (6.7) | 25 (8.5) | 0.0875 |
No | 73 (86.9) | 195 (93.3) | 268 (91.5) | |
HIV status | ||||
Positive | 34 (41.5) | 77 (41) | 111 (41.1) | 0.9381 |
Negative | 48 (58.5) | 111 (59) | 159 (58.9) | |
VIA Results | ||||
Positive | 15 (18.7) | 20 (10.6) | 35 (13.1) | 0.0794 |
Negative | 65 (81.3) | 168 (89.4) | 233 (96.9) | |