Table 1: Relationship between characteristics of women and having the pap smear test.

Characteristics of Women n % Having the pap smear test Test
Yes No
n % n %

Age of women

≤ 30 years

31-40 age

≥ 41 age

 

238

201

172

 

39.0

32.8

28.2

 

31

85

75

 

13.0

42.3

43.6

 

207

116

97

 

87.0

57.7

56.4

 

X² = 60.403

df = 2

p = 0.000

Employment status

Employed

Unemployed

 

132

479

 

21.6

78.4

 

61

130

 

46.2

27.1

 

71

349

 

53.8

72.9

 

*p = 0.000

 

Education level

Literate/Not illiterate

Primary school

Secondary school

High school

University

 

84

244

105

122

56

 

13.8

39.8

17.2

20.0

9.2

 

19

96

18

37

21

 

22.6

39.3

17.1

30.3

37.5

 

65

148

87

85

35

 

77.4

60.7

82.9

69.7

62.5

 

 

X² = 21.142

df = 4

p = 0.000

 

Number of children

No children

1 child

2 children

3 or more children

 

121

140

199

151

 

19.8

22.9

32.6

24.7

 

15

41

93

42

 

12.4

29.3

46.7

27.8

 

106

99

106

109

 

87.6

70.7

53.3

72.2

 

 

X² = 43.298

df = 3

p = 0.000

History of stillbirth

Yes

No

 

55

556

 

9.0

91.0

 

22

169

 

40.0

30.4

 

33

387

 

60.0

69.6

 

p = 0.169

 

Perceived income status

Income is lower than outgoings

Income is equal to outgoings

Income is higher than outgoings

 

120

458

33

 

19.6

75.0

5.4

 

38

143

10

 

31.7

31.2

30.3

 

82

315

23

 

68.3

68.8

69.7

 

X² = 0.024

df = 2

p = 0.988

Type of family

Extended

Nuclear

 

69

542

 

11.3

88.7

 

12

179

 

17.4

33.0

 

57

363

 

82.6

67.3

 

*p = 0.008

 

Health insurance

Yes

No

 

570

41

 

93.3

6.7

 

185

6

 

32.5

14.6

 

385

35

 

67.5

85.4

 

*p = 0.022

 

Having sexual life regularly

Yes

No

 

490

121

 

80.2

19.8

 

168

23

 

34.3

19.0

 

322

98

 

65.7

81.0

 

*p = 0.001

 

Regular gynaecologic examination

Yes

No

 

202

409

 

33.1

66.9

 

91

100

 

45.0

24.4

 

111

309

 

55.0

75.6

 

*p = 0.000

 

Heard about the pap smear test

Yes

No

 

251

360

 

41.1

58.9

 

170

21

 

67.7

5.8

 

81

339

 

32.3

94.2

 

*p = 0.000

 

Had information about the pap smear test

Yes

No

 

48

563

 

7.9

92.1

 

38

153

 

79.2

27.2

 

10

410

 

20.8

72.8

 

*p = 0.000

 

Had information about the cervical cancer

Yes

No

 

37

574

 

6.1

93.9

 

24

167

 

64.9

29.1

 

13

407

 

35.1

70.9

 

*p = 0.000

 

*Fisher Exact Test.