Socio-demographic characteristics | Awareness of pap smear | χ2 | P-value | |
Aware N (%) | Not aware N (%) | |||
Age (years) |
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<20 | 28 (19.7) | 114 (80.3) | 5.707 | 0.058 |
20 - 25 | 61 (28.6) | 152 (71.4) |
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≤26 | 15 (35.7) | 27 (64.3) |
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Marital status |
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Single | 96 (25.9) | 274 (74.1) | 0.177 | 0.674 |
Married | 8 (29.6) | 19 (70.4) |
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Religion |
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Christianity | 103 (26.1) | 292(73.9) | 0.589 | 0.443 |
Islam | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |
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Tribe |
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Tiv | 48 (28.1) | 123 (71.9) | 8.056 | 0.045 |
Idoma | 30 (19.9) | 121 (80.1) |
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Igede | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) |
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Others | 14 (42.4) | 19 (57.6) |
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Faculty groups |
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College of medicine | 48 (53.3) | 42 (46.7) | 44.330 | <0.001 |
Other faculties | 56 (18.2) | 251 (81.8) |
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Ever had sex |
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Yes | 48 (25.8) | 138 (74.2) | 0.028 | 0.868 |
No | 56 (26.5) | 155 (73.5) |
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Number of sexual partners |
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None or 1 | 84 (24.3) | 262 (75.7) | 5.130 | 0.024 |
≥ 2 | 20 (39.2) | 31 (60.8) |
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previous pregnancy |
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Yes | 19 (30.2) | 44 (69.8) | 0.546 | 0.460 |
No | 85 (25.7) | 246 (74.3) |
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