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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and facilitator scores of men with and without intention to support their partners’ participation in screening for cervical cancer

From: Factors explaining men’s intentions to support their partner’s participation in cervical cancer screening

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

TOTAL

(N = 500)

CCS Intention

p-value

  

NO

(n = 161)

YES

(n = 339)

 

Age (Mean, SD)

41.58 (8.5)

42.63 (8.5)

41.09 (8.5)

NS

Income (x 1000 INR)

(Mean, SD)

16.68 (6.9)

16.05(6.70)

16.98(7.02)

NS

Employment (%)

 

Unemployed

6 (1.2)

2 (1.2)

4 (1.2)

NS

Employed

494(98.8)

159 (98.8)

334 (98.8)

Education (%)

 

No secondary education

135 (27)

55 (34.2)

80 (23.6)

p < 0.05,

df = 1, Χ²=6.17

Secondary education

365 (73)

106 (65.8)

259 (76.4)

Training in health care profession (%)

 

no

498 (99.6)

161 (100)

337 (99.4)

NS

yes

2 (0.4)

0 (0)

2 (0.6)

Health insurance (%)

    

no

377 (75.4)

126 (78.3)

251 (74)

NS

yes

123 (24.6)

35 (21.7)

88 (26)

Ease of health care expenditure (%)

 

difficult

321 (64.2)

65 (40.4)

114 (33.6)

NS

easy

179 (35.8)

96 (59.6)

225 (66.4)

Habit (%)

 

no

265 (53)

107 (66.5)

158 (46.6)

p < 0.001

df = 1, Χ²=17.27

yes

235 (47)

54 (33.5)

181 (53.4)

Healthcare-expenditure decision-making (%)

 

others

418 (83.6)

134 (83.2)

284 (83.8)

NS

woman herself

82 (16.4)

27 (16.8)

55 (16.2)

FACILITATOR VARIABLES

   
 

NO(n = 358)

YES(n = 249)

Had symptoms

 

no

436(87.2)

141 (87.6)

295 (87)

NS

yes

64 (12.8)

20 (12.4)

44 (13)

Known someone with Cervical cancer(%)

    

no

438 (87.6)

139 (86.3)

299 (88.2)

NS

yes

62 (12.4)

22 (13.7)

40 (11.8)

Health literacy (Mean, SD)

29.05 (5.5)

25.6 (5.4)

30.6 (4.8)

p < 0.05

limited

394 (78.8)

150 (93.2)

244 (72)

 

adequate

106 (21.2)

11 (6.8)

95 (28)