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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants

From: “The best thing is that you are doing it for yourself” – perspectives on acceptability and feasibility of HPV self-sampling among cervical cancer screening clients in Tanzania: a qualitative pilot study

Sociodemographic characteristics

Number (%)

Age

 Mean

39

 26–29

2 (10%)

 30–39

11 (52%)

 40–49

5 (24%)

 50–52

3 (14%)

Education

 Primary

10 (48%)

 Secondary

7 (33%)

 University

4 (19%)

Marital status

 Married

17 (81%)

 Single

3 (14%)

 Widow

1 (5%)

Religion

 Christian

12 (57%)

 Muslim

8 (38%)

 Other

1 (5%)

No of pregnancies

 0

2 (10%)

 1–2

7 (32%)

 3–4

6 (29%)

 5–6

6 (29%)

HIV status

 positive

1 (5%)

 negative

20 (95%)

HPV status

Provider-sampling

——————

Self-sampling

positive

2 (10%)

——————

2 (10%)

negative

19 (90%)

——————

19 (90%)

Total number of women

21 (100%)