Table 1 Distribution of the study participants by their demographic and clinical characteristics, Bahir Dar, 2021
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age groups (in years) | |
 Mean, SD | 46.4, 11.4 |
 30–40 | 142 (40.0) |
 41–50 | 115 (32.4) |
 > 50 | 98 (27.6) |
Permanent residence | |
 Urban | 121 (34.1) |
 Rural | 232 (65.9) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 4 (1.1) |
 Married | 272 (76.6) |
 Divorced | 38 (10.7) |
 Other | 40 (11.3) |
Educational status | |
 No formal education | 272 (76.6) |
 Primary | 46 (13.0) |
 Secondary | 17 (4.8) |
 Tertiary | 20 (5.6) |
Type of occupation | |
 House-wife | 314 (88.5) |
 Private employee | 17 (4.8) |
 Government employee |  22 (6.2) |
Other (prostitute) | 2 (0.6) |
Age at first sexual intercourse | |
 Mean, SD | 15.7, 2.6 |
 < 18 years | 277 (79.4) |
 ≥ 18 years | 72 (20.6) |
Life-time number of sexual partners | |
 Mean | 1.7 |
 1 | 169 (48.2) |
 ≥ 2 | 180 (51.6) |
HIV sero-status | |
 Positive | 48 (13.5) |
 Negative | 301(84.8) |
 Unknown | 6 (1.7) |
Previously treated for vaginal discharge | |
 Yes | 106 (30.0) |
 No | 247 (70.0) |
Aware of cervical cancer | |
 Yes | 144 (40.6) |
 No | 211 (59.4) |
How is the pathogen that causes cervical cancer transmitted? | |
 Sexually | 11 (8.9) |
 Do not know | 114 (91.1) |
History of cervical screening | |
 Yes | 97 (27.3) |
 No | 258 (72.7) |
History of cervical screening in the last five years | |
 Yes | 88 (24.8) |
 No | 267 (75.2) |
HR-HPV | |
 Detected | 188 (53.0) |
 Not detected | 167 (47.0) |