Table 1 Socio-demographic and facilitating conditions of CCS intention

Age (Mean, SD)

36.3 (8.2)

36.9 (8.4)

35.4 (7.8)

NS

Income (in thousand INR) (Mean, SD)

22.08 (10.4)

20.42 (9.62)

24.45 (11.04)

 < 0.001

Employment (%)

 Unemployed

329 (54)

209 (58)

120 (48)

0.010

 Employed

278 (46)

149 (42)

129 (52)

Education level (%)

 Secondary education not completed

145 (24)

103 (29)

42 (17)

0.001

 Secondary education completed

462 (76)

255 (71)

207 (83)

Training in HC profession (%)

 No

586 (97)

346 (97)

240 (96)

NS

 Yes

21 (3)

12 (3)

9 (4)

Health insurance (%)

 No

484 (80)

301 (84)

183 (73.5)

0.01

 Yes

123 (20)

57 (16)

66 (26.5)

Easiness of HC expenditure (%)

 Difficult

238 (39)

147 (41)

91 (36.5)

NS

 Easy

369 (61)

211 (59)

158 (63.5)

Routine Health check-ups (%)

 No

364 (60)

212 (59)

152 (61)

NS

 Yes

243 (40)

146 (41)

97 (39)

Healthcare expenditure decision- making (%)

p

 Others

485 (80)

307 (86)

178 (71.5)

 < 0.001

 Woman herself

122 (20)

51 (14)

71 (28.5)

Facilitating conditions

Accessibility to screening centre (%)

 Inaccessible

126 (21)

98 (27)

28 (11)

 < 0.001

 Accessible

481 (79)

260 (73)

221 (89)

Had symptoms

 No

361 (59.5)

206 (57.5)

155 (62.2)

NS

 Yes

246 (40.5)

152 (42.5)

94 (37.8)

Heard of CC

 No

372 (61)

227 (63)

145 (58)

NS

 Yes

235 (39)

130 (37)

104 (42)

Known someone with cervical cancer (%)

 No

524 (86.5)

314 (88)

211 (85)

NS

 Yes

83 (13.5)

44 (12)

38 (15)

Health literacy level (%)

 Limited

478 (79)

304 (85)

174 (70)

 < 0.001

 Adequate

129 (21)

54 (15)

75 (30)

NS

Knowledge about CC (Mean, SD)

3.9 (3.4)

3.6 (3.18)

4.1 (3.4)

NS

Knowledge about CC screening

 Poor

576 (94.9)

349 (97.5)

227 (91.2)

0.05

 Good

31 (5.1)

9 (2.5)

22 (8.8)