Cervical cancer screening practices among women in Ghana: evidence from wave 2 of the WHO study on global AGEing and adult health

Table 1 Background characteristics of women by pelvic examination and pap smear test status

Characteristics	Pelvic examination status		Had pap smear test
Characteristics	Never	Less than a year or more	No	Yes
Age of respondent (years)
18–29	190	13	8	10
30–39	185	30	24	10
40–49	215	31	25	7
50–59	745	74	63	14
60–69	551	47	36	14
70 or more	607	30	23	11
Marital status
Never married	210	11	2	10
Currently married	1079	95	82	22
Cohabiting	39	4	3	2
Separated/divorced	324	43	30	15
Widowed	841	72	62	17
Father’s education
No formal education	1843	143	120	38
Primary or less	306	20	17	5
Secondary or higher	344	62	42	23
Ethnic group
Akan	1297	114	88	38
Ewe	136	31	24	7
Ga-Adangbe	335	24	23	6
Guan	81	14	13	2
Northern dialect	644	42	31	13
Religion			–
No religion	58	1
Christianity	1930	184
Islam	407	36
African traditional	84	3
Others^a	14	1
Health state today
Good/very good	1624	159	131	42
Moderate	646	53	38	19
Bad/very bad	218	13	10	5
Satisfaction with health care	–
Satisfied/very satisfied			158	53
Indifferent			16	9
Dissatisfied/very dissatisfied			3	4
Rate health care involvement	–
Good/very good			44	44
Moderate			28	9
Bad/very bad			106	13
Difficulty with self-care
None	1964	200	164	55
Mild	378	17	11	7
Moderate	114	6	3	3
Severe/extreme	36	1	0	1

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