| Socio-demographic characteristics | Awareness of cervical cancer | χ2 | P-value | |
| Aware N (%) | Not aware N (%) | |||
| Age (years) |
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| <20 | 105 (73.9) | 37 (26.1) | 0.862 | 0.650 |
| 20 - 25 | 153 (71.8) | 60 (28.2) |
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| ≥26 | 28 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) |
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| Marital status |
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| Single | 269 (72.7) | 101 (27.3) | 1.185 | 0.276 |
| Married | 17 (63.0) | 10 (37.0) |
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| Religion |
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| Christianity | 285 (72.2) | 110 (27.8) | <0.001 | 1.000 |
| Islam | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |
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| Tribe |
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| Tiv | 116 (67.8) | 55 (32.2) | 6.952 | 0.073 |
| Idoma | 107 (70.9) | 44 (29.1) |
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| Igede | 35 (83.3) | 7 (16.7) |
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| Others | 28 (84.8) | 5 (15.2) |
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| Faculty |
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| College of medicine | 79 (87.8) | 11 (12.2) | 14.311 | <0.001 |
| Other faculties | 207 (67.4) | 100 (32.6) |
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| Sexually active |
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|
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| Yes | 128 (68.8) | 58 (31.2) | 1.805 | 0.179 |
| No | 158 (74.9) | 53 (25.1) |
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| Number of sexual partners |
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| None or 1 | 228 (73.3) | 83 (26.7) | 1.153 | 0.283 |
| ≥2 | 58 (67.4) | 28 (32.6) |
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| previous pregnancy |
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| Yes | 46 (73.0) | 17 (27.0) | 0.017 | 0.895 |
| No | 239 (72.2) | 92 (27.8) |
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