Table 2 Association between sociodemographic factors and the presence of HPV
From: Role of HPV 16 variants among cervical carcinoma samples from Northeastern Brazil
Sociodemographic Variables | HPV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Negative | Positive | p-value | |||
N(%) | n | % | N | % | ||
Age (Years) | ||||||
≤ 29 | 8 (6.7) | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 50.0 | 0.421 |
30 to 39 | 20 (16.7) | 5 | 25.0 | 15 | 75.0 | |
40 to 49 | 34 (28.3) | 9 | 26.5 | 25 | 73.5 | |
50 to 59 | 19 (15.8) | 7 | 36.8 | 12 | 63.2 | |
60 to 69 | 19 (15.8) | 4 | 21.0 | 15 | 79.0 | |
≥ 70 | 20 (16.7) | 3 | 15.00 | 17 | 85.00 | |
Ethnicity | ||||||
European-descent | 20 (16.7) | 3 | 15.00 | 17 | 85.00 | 0.377 |
African-descent | 13 (10.8) | 2 | 15.4 | 11 | 84.6 | |
East Asian- descent | 3 (2.5) | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | |
Mixed-race | 84 (70) | 26 | 31.0 | 58 | 69.0 | |
Marital Status | ||||||
Single | 39 (32.5) | 12 | 30.8 | 27 | 69.2 | 0.774 |
Married/Consensual Union | 62 (51.7) | 14 | 22.6 | 48 | 77.4 | |
Divorced/Separated | 6 (5) | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | |
Widow | 13 (10.8) | 4 | 30.8 | 9 | 69.2 | |
Family Income | ||||||
Less than the minimum wage | 29 (24.2) | 7 | 24.1 | 22 | 75.9 | 0.797 |
1 to 2 times the minimum wage | 66 (55) | 18 | 27.3 | 48 | 72.7 | |
Above 2 times the minimum wage | 20 (16.7) | 4 | 20.00 | 16 | 80.00 | |
Don’t Know/Didn’t Answer | 5 (4.2) | 3 | 60.00 | 2 | 40.00 | |
Education | ||||||
None | 41 (34.2) | 13 | 31.7 | 28 | 68.3 | 0.399 |
Adult Education | 4 (3.3) | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 100.0 | |
Primary Education/Primary Level | 51 (42.5) | 11 | 21.6 | 40 | 78.4 | |
High School/Secondary Level | 20 (16.7) | 8 | 40.00 | 12 | 60.00 | |
Higher Incomplete | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Higher Complete | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Don’t Know/Didn’t Answer | 2 (1.7) | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 100.0 | |