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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

From: Effect of social marketing on the knowledge, attitude, and uptake of pap smear among women residing in an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria

Sociodemographic characteristics

Frequency (%)

Statistic

p value

Intervention

Control

Total

n = 140

n = 175

n = 315

Age (in years)

 21–30

63 (45.0%)

76 (43.4%)

139 (44.1%)

5.714F

0.217F

 31–40

50 (35.7%)

50 (28.6%)

100 (31.7)

  

 41–50

18 (12.9)

39 (22.3)

57 (18.1)

  

 51–60

5 (3.6)

7 (4.0)

12 (3.8)

  

 60–65

4 (2.9)

3 (1.7)

7 (2.2)

  

Mean ± SD

34.2 ± 10.4

35.0 ± 10.1

 

0.625T

0.533T

Marital status

 Single

1 (0.7)

11 (6.3)

12 (3.8)

29.265F

< 0.001F

 Married/cohabiting

133 (95.0)

134 (76.6)

267 (84.8)

  

 Divorced/separated

0 (0.0%)

19 (10.9)

19 (6.0)

  

 Widowed

6 (4.3)

11 (6.3)

17 (5.4)

  

Ethnicity

 Yoruba

7 (5.0)

109 (62.3)

116 (36.8)

348.672F

< 0.001F

 Hausa

0 (0.0)

4 (2.3)

4 (1.3)

  

 Igbo

0 (0.0)

47 (26.9)

47 (14.9)

  

 Egun

132 (94.3)

1 (0.6)

133 (42.2)

  

 Others

1 (0.7)

14 (8.0)

15 (4.8)

  

Religion

 Christianity

137 (97.9)

128 (73.1)

265 (84.1)

35.576X

< 0.001F

 Islam

3 (2.1)

47 (26.9)

50 (15.9)

  

Level of education

 No formal education

120 (85.7)

21 (12.0)

141 (44.8)

194.298F

< 0.001F

 Primary education

11 (7.9)

39 (22.3)

50 (15.9)

  

 Secondary education

9 (6.4)

114 (65.1)

123 (39.0)

  

 Tertiary education

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.3)

  

 Postgraduate education

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  

Occupation

 Unemployed

10 (7.1)

19 (10.9)

29 (9.2)

7.835F

0.037F

 Unskilled

115 (82.1)

121 (69.1)

236 (74.9)

  

 Semi-skilled

15 (10.7)

32 (18.3)

47 (14.9)

  

 Skilled

0 (0.0)

3 (1.7)

3 (1.0)

  

Average monthly income

 ≤ Ṩ36

109 (77.9)

113 (64.6)

222 (70.5)

6.598X

0.013X

 > Ṩ36

31 (22.1)

62 (35.4)

93 (29.5)

  

Median (IQR)

$16 ($10–$16)

$30 ($20–$30)

 

8423.5U

< 0.001U

  1. Statistically significant in bold
  2. UMann Whitney—U
  3. TIndependent sample T-test
  4. FFishers exact
  5. XChi-square