Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by HIV status

Age

 Mean

39.5

9.8

47.2

10.7

43.6

 25–34.

103

72.0

40

28.0

143

 35–44.

107

53.0

95

47.0

202

 45–54.

47

30.5

107

69.5

154

 55+

24

21.4

88

78.6

112

  X² = 85.03; P-value = 0.001

Occupation

 Unemployed

34

33.3

68

66.7

102

 Unskilled

81

29.8

191

70.2

272

 Skilled

166

70.0

71

30.0

237

  X² = 90.55; P-value = 0.001

Religion

 Christianity

277

48.3

296

51.7

573

 Islam

4

10.5

34

89.5

38

  X² = 20.51; P-value = 0.001

Marital status

 Single

86

53.4

75

46.6

161

 Married/cohabiting

174

58.4

124

41.6

298

 Widowed/divorced

21

13.8

131

86.2

152

  X² = 85.36; P-value = 0.001

Educational level

 None/primary

28

17.0

137

83.0

165

 Secondary

59

31.2

130

68.8

189

 Post sec/tertiary

194

75.5

63

24.5

257

  X² = 162.56; P-value = 0.001

Number of pregnancies

 Mean

2.5

2.1

3.8

2.2

3.2

 0

61

76.3

19

23.8

80

 1–3.

132

49.4

135

50.6

267

 4–6.

75

35.9

134

64.1

209

 7+

13

23.6

42

76.4

55

  X² = 50.42; P-value = 0.001

Number of children

 Mean

1.8

1.6

2.8

1.9

2.4

 0

77

68.8

35

31.3

112

 1–3.

162

47.9

176

52.1

338

 4–6.

39

27.1

105

72.9

144

 7+

3

17.6

14

82.4

17

  X² = 50.09; P-value = 0.001

Life time sexual partners

 Mean

2.6

1.7

2.7

1.3

2.6

 1–2.

159

50.3

157

49.7

316

 3–4.

89

39.6

136

60.4

225

 5+

33

48.5

35

51.5

68

  X² = 6.29; P-value = 0.043

Age at first sex

 Mean

19.8

3.9

18.7

3.3

19.2

 <=16

51

34.9

95

65.1

146

 17–25.

206

48.2

221

51.8

427

 26+

24

70.6

10

29.4

34

  X² = 16.30; P-value = 0.001

Sexually active

 Yes

221

54.8

182

45.2

403

 No

60

28.8

148

71.2

208

  X² = 37.31 P-value = 0.001

Condom use

 Yes

57

29.8

134

70.2

191

 No

164

81.2

38

18.8

202

  X² = 105.16; P-value = 0.001

Ever used hormonal contraceptive

 Yes

274

68.0

129

32.0

403

 No

7

3.4

201

96.6

208

  X² = 230.66; P-value = 0.001

Current hormonal contraceptive use

 Yes

44

45.4

53

54.6

97

 No

237

46.1

277

53.9

514

  X² = 0.01; P-value = 0.892

Age at menarche

 Mean

14.6

1.9

15.3

1.9

15.0

 <=13

79

62.7

47

37.3

126

 14–19.

200

42.8

267

57.2

467

 20+

2

15.4

11

84.6

13

  X² = 20.88; P-value = 0.001

Smoking

 Yes

14

70.0

6

30.0

20

 No

267

45.2

324

54.8

591

  X² = 4.79; P-value = 0.028

Knowledge of cervical

 Mean

11.2

4.4

6.5

5.1

8.6

 Insufficient

89

28.7

221

71.3

310

 Sufficient

192

63.8

109

36.2

301

  X² = 75.65; P-value = 0.001

Total

281

46.0

330

54.0

611