Knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in Bangladeshi women: a population based, cross-sectional study

Islam, Jessica Yasmine; Khatun, Fatema; Alam, Anadil; Sultana, Farhana; Bhuiyan, Afsana; Alam, Nazmul; Reichenbach, Laura; Marions, Lena; Rahman, Mustafizur; Nahar, Quamrun

doi:10.1186/s12905-018-0510-7

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population to assess knowledge of cervical cancer and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among ever-married Bangladeshi women (n = 2037)

From: Knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in Bangladeshi women: a population based, cross-sectional study

	Urban (n = 1113)		Rural (n = 924)
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	P-Value^a
Age (in years)					0.001
ᅟ< 24	242	21.7	195	21.2
ᅟ25–34	432	38.8	328	35.5
ᅟ35–44	246	22.1	275	29.8
ᅟ45–64	193	17.3	126	13.6
Mean Age ± SD	33.1 ± 10.3		33.1 ± 8.9
Marital Status					<0.001
ᅟMarried	997	89.6	905	97.9
ᅟSeparated/Divorced/ Widowed	116	10.4	19	2.1
Religion					<0.001
ᅟMuslim	1098	98.7	796	86.1
ᅟNon-Muslim	15	1.4	128	13.6
Education					<0.001
ᅟNo education	212	19.1	272	29.4
ᅟPrimary	270	24.3	244	26.4
ᅟSecondary or more	631	56.7	408	44.2
Mean Education ± SD	6.7 ± 4.6		4.9 ± 3.9
Occupation					<0.001
ᅟHousewife	769	69.1	860	93.1
ᅟGarments worker / Housemaid	176	15.8	6	0.7
ᅟOther work^b	168	15.1	58	6.3
Socioeconomic Status^c					<0.001
ᅟLow (<10,000)	248	22.3	542	58.7
ᅟMedium (10,000–19,999)	526	47.3	320	34.6
ᅟHigh (20,000+)	339	30.5	62	6.7
Age at Marriage (in years)					<0.001
ᅟ < = 14	282	25.3	313	33.9
ᅟ15–19	579	52	515	55.7
ᅟ20 or more	252	22.6	96	10.4
Mean Age at Marriage ± SD	17.1 ± 3.4		16.0 ± 2.8
Husband’s Education					<0.001
ᅟNo Education	125	11.2	294	31.8
ᅟPrimary	157	14.1	206	22.3
ᅟSecondary or more	831	74.7	424	45.9
Mean Education ± SD	8.9 ± 4.8		5.5 ± 4.5
Parity					0.612
ᅟ0	76	6.8	63	6.8
ᅟ1–2	451	40.5	394	42.6
ᅟ3 +	586	52.7	467	50.5
Mean Parity ± SD	2.9 ± 2.1		2.7 ± 1.7
Oral Pill Usage
ᅟEver	874	78.5	799	86.5	<0.001
ᅟNever	239	21.5	125	13.5
Abortion History
ᅟ Ever	417	37.5	91	9.9	<0.001
ᅟ Never	696	62.5	833	90.2
Tobacco Use
ᅟ Ever	292	73.8	235	74.5	0.681
ᅟ Never	821	26.2	689	25.4
Condom Use
ᅟEver	574	51.6	301	32.6	<0.001
ᅟNever	539	48.4	623	67.4
Ever Heard of Cervical Cancer					0.003
ᅟYes	998	89.7	863	93.4
ᅟNo	115	10.3	61	6.6
Ever Underwent Cervical Cancer Screening					<0.001
ᅟYes	34	3.1	6	0.7
ᅟNo	1079	96.9	918	99.4

^aCalculated using chi-squared test
^bIncludes government and private service, business, daily wager, agriculture, tailor, poultry, handicrafts and tutor
^cMonthly Expenditure BDT, 1US$ = 78 BDT

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