Table 2 Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, and HBM scale for cervical cancer and the pap test
Socio-demographic characteristics | N | Knowledge about sing of CC (n = 450) | Knowledge about risk factors (n = 450) | Susceptibility (n = 450) | Seriousness (n = 450) | Benefits (n = 450) | Health Motivation (n = 450) | Barriers (n = 450) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Median (Min. – Max.) | Median (Min. – Max.) | Median (Min. – Max.) | Median (Min. – Max.) | Median (Min. – Max.) | Median (Min. – Max.) | Median (Min. – Max.) | |
Age | ||||||||
  ≤ 20  years | 16 | 2 (0–5) | 19.5 (16–26) | 7.5 (3–14) | 20.5 (8–34) | 34.5 (25–40) | 11 (5–14) | 54 (41–73) |
 21–30 years | 198 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–14) | 21 (7–34) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 51(18–74) |
 31–40 years | 162 | 3 (0–10) | 20 (8–40) | 8 (3–15) | 22 (7–35) | 34 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 54 (18–85) |
  > 40 years | 74 | 2.5 (0–10) | 21 (8–31) | 8 (3–15) | 21.5 (8–35) | 36 (26–40) | 12 (6–15) | 51.5 (28–72) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.550 | 0.887 | 0.467 | 0.479 | 0.047 | 0.069 | 0.128 |
Education levels | ||||||||
 Primary school | 10 | 0.5 (0–7) | 21 (16–35) | 9 (7–14) | 25 (15–33) | 37.5 (28–40) | 12 (6–15) | 55.5 (34–72) |
 Intermediate school | 19 | 1 (0–6) | 20 (14–24) | 9 (3–13) | 23 (8–34) | 36 (22–40) | 12 (3–15) | 57 (33–72) |
 High school | 115 | 2 (0–9) | 20 (8–34) | 7 (3–15) | 22 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 51 (18–85) |
 University or higher | 306 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 52 (18–80) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.029 | 0.075 | 0.010 | 0.126 | 0.359 | 0.483 | 0.125 |
Employment status | ||||||||
 Working | 206 | 3 (0–10) | 21(8–40) | 7.0 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 34.5 (9–40) | 12 (3–15) | 52 (20–81) |
 Not working | 244 | 2 (0–9) | 20 (8–40) | 7.0 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 52 (18–85) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.001 | 0.675 | 0.224 | 0.857 | 0.169 | 0.783 | 0.831 |
Marital status | ||||||||
 Single | 58 | 2.5 (0–9) | 21 (14–40) | 7 (6–15) | 21.5 (8–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 56 (35–90) |
 Married | 366 | 3 (0–10) | 20 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 56 (23–90) |
 Divorce | 22 | 1 (0–9) | 23 (8–27) | 8.5 (3–15) | 21 (7–27) | 34.5 (8–40) | 11 (3–15) | 54.5 (37–73) |
 Widow | 4 | 1 (0–4) | 22.5 (15–30) | 6 (9–15) | 19 (16–21) | 34.5 (10–40) | 10.5 (5–15) | 52.5 (44–54) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.317 | 0.219 | 0.498 | 0 .568 | 0 .868 | 0 .326 | 0 .610 |
Age when married | ||||||||
 Less than 18 years | 33 | 4 (0–10) | 20 (8–26) | 8 (3–14) | 20 (7–34) | 36 (8–40) | 12 (3–12) | 58 (36–70) |
 18–29 years | 325 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 56 (27–90) |
 30–40 years | 34 | 1 (0–9) | 23 (12–35) | 7 (6–15) | 22.5 (7–35) | 33.5 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 58 (23–86) |
 P-value | 392 | 0.708 | 0.056 | 0.057 | 0.422 | 0.052 | 0.977 | 0.792 |
Marriage period | ||||||||
 1 month − 5 years | 135 | 2 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 20 (7–35) | 34 (17–40) | 11 (5–15) | 53 (21–85) |
  > 5–10 years | 108 | 3 (0–10) | 20 (11–40) | 8 (3–14) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 51 (18–77) |
  > 10 years | 149 | 3 (0–10) | 20 (8–33) | 7.6 (3–15) | 22.5 (7–35) | 35 (19–40) | 12 (5–15) | 52 (20–81) |
 P-value | 392 | 0.703 | 0.378 | 0.148 | 0.387 | 0.055 | 0.005 | 0.626 |
Number of children | ||||||||
 None | 128 | 2 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 22 (7–35) | 34 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 55 (23–90) |
 One child | 83 | 1 (0–10) | 21 (12–40) | 7 (3–15) | 22 (7–35) | 34 (8–40) | 11 (3–13) | 57 (37–88) |
 2 or 3 children | 144 | 3 (0–10) | 20 (8–40) | 8 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 57 (28–90) |
 4 children or more | 95 | 3 (0–10) | 19.7 (8–33) | 8 (3–15) | 19.2 (9–35) | 35.7 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 57 (27–72) |
 p-value | 450 | 0.273 | 0.041 | 0.016 | 0.237 | 0.077 | 0.058 | 0.142 |
Use contraceptive | ||||||||
 Yes | 110 | 3 (0–10) | 20 (8–40) | 8 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 57 (27–78) |
 No | 340 | 2 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 55 (23–90) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.383 | 0.573 | 0.629 | 0.912 | 0.425 | 0.156 | 0.481 |
Smoking | ||||||||
 Yes | 12 | 4 (0–6) | 23.5 (17–28) | 9 (8–15) | 15.5 (12–31) | 31.5 (9–40) | 11.5 (3–15) | 54 (46–88) |
 No | 438 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 56 (23–90) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.947 | 0.237 | 0.488 | 0.538 | 0.027 | 0.129 | 0.744 |
Whether she had information about the Pap test? | ||||||||
 Yes | 219 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–34) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 49 (18–81) |
 No | 231 | 2 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 8 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 54 (18–85) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.001 | 0.906 | 0.593 | 0.887 | 0.858 | 0.217 | P < 0.0001 |
Source of the information about the Pap test is: | ||||||||
 Health professional | 121 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–30) | 7 (3–13) | 21 (7–34) | 35 (8–40) | 11 (3–15) | 48 (18–81) |
 Family | 17 | 5 (0–10) | 18 (13–30) | 7 (3–12) | 20 (7–27) | 35 (9–40) | 12 (3–15) | 42 (27–58) |
 Media | 62 | 3 (0–9) | 21 (13–40) | 7 (3–13) | 21 (10–32) | 35 (24–40) | 12 (5–15) | 52 (37–65) |
 Other | 19 | 4 (0–9) | 22 (14–28) | 8 (3–15) | 22 (7–33) | 36 (23–40) | 12 (7–15) | 51 (21–65) |
 P-value | 219 | 0.096 | 0.061 | 0.897 | 0.658 | 0.900 | 0.265 | 0.005 |
Family history cervical cancer | ||||||||
 Yes | 22 | 2 (0–8) | 22 (8–30) | 9 (4–15) | 23.5 (7–35) | 35 (9–40) | 11.5 (3–15) | 54 (40–69) |
 No | 400 | 3 (0–10) | 21 (8–40) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (7–35) | 35 (8–40) | 12 (3–15) | 52 (18–85) |
 I don’t know | 28 | 2.5 (0–8) | 20.5 (15–27) | 7 (3–15) | 21 (8–34) | 33.5 (24–40) | 12 (5–15) | 51 (30–62) |
 P-value | 450 | 0.945 | 0.626 | 0.014 | 0.263 | 0.760 | 0.196 | 0.736 |