Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents
From: Awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention among Cameroonian healthcare workers
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 265 (66) |
Male | 136 (34) |
Age-group (years) | |
Median (range) | 38 (20-71) |
< 25 | 70 (17) |
26 - 50 | 218 (54) |
> 50 | 113 (28) |
Category of health workers | |
Medical students | 71 (18) |
Nursing-midwifery students | 38 (10) |
Doctors (GP, Ped, Ob-Gyn)* | 58 (14) |
Nurse-midwives ** | 234 (58) |
Marital status | |
Never married | 175 (44) |
Couple (includes free union, divorced, widowed) | 226 (56) |
Children | |
None | 136 (34) |
< 4 | 142 (35) |
≥ 4 | 123 (31) |
Condom use | |
Yes | 170 (42) |
No | 166 (41) |
Unknown | 65 (17) |
Screening attitudes among women | |
Had not had a pap smear in the last 5 years | 156 (59) |