| Socio-demographic characteristics | Previous use of pap smear | χ2 | P-value | |
| Yes N (%) | No N (%) | |||
| Age (years) |
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| < 20 | 4 (2.8) | 138 (97.2) | Invalid |
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| 20 - 25 | 5 (2.3) | 208 (97.7) |
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| ≥26 | 4 (9.5) | 38 (90.5) |
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| Marital status |
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|
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| Single | 9 (2.4) | 361 (97.6) | (Yate’s) 8.585 | 0.003 |
| Married | 4 (14.8) | 23 (85.2) |
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| Religion |
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| Christianity | 13 (3.3) | 382 (96.7) | <0.001 | 1.000 |
| Islam | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) |
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| Tribe |
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| Tiv | 6 (3.5) | 165 (96.5) | Invalid |
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| Idoma | 3 (2.0) | 148 (98.0) |
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| Igede | 1 (2.4) | 41 (97.6) |
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| Others | 3 (9.1) | 30 (90.9) |
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| Sexual Activity |
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|
|
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| Yes | 10 (5.4) | 176 (94.6) | 4.881 | 0.027 |
| No | 3 (1.4) | 208 (98.6) |
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| Number of sexual partners |
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|
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| None or 1 | 8 (2.3) | 338 (97.7) | (Yate’s) 5.689 | 0.017 |
| ≥2 | 5 (9.8) | 46 (90.2) |
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| previous pregnancy |
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| Yes | 7 (11.1) | 56 (88.9) | (Yate’s) 11.576 | 0.001 |
| No | 6 (1.8) | 325 (98.2) |
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