Table 1 Sociodemographic, medical and reproductive health characteristics of women attending cervical cancer screening at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, March–May 2022

Age* (Years)

0.002

 < 30

46

(11)

15

(7)

31

(15)

 30–45

143

(35)

61

(30)

82

(39)

 > 45

224

(54)

127

(63)

97

(46)

Marital status

< 0.001

 Married

278

(67)

114

(56)

164

(78)

 Not married

135

(33)

89

(44)

46

(22)

Religion

0.837

 Christian

391

(95)

194

(96)

197

(94)

 Moslem

22

(5)

9

(4)

13

(6)

Employment status

0.002

 Farmer

228

(55)

124

(60)

104

(50)

 Business

99

(24)

52

(26)

47

(22)

 House wife

32

(8)

7

(3)

25

(12)

 Others

29

(7)

14

(8)

15

(7)

 Professional

25

(6)

6

(3)

19

(9)

Level of Education

0.001

 No formal education

67

(16)

38

(19)

29

(14)

 Primary

182

(44)

95

(47)

87

(41)

 Secondary

120

(29)

61

(30)

59

(28)

 Tertiary

44

(11)

9

(4)

35

(17)

Residence

0.166

 Rural

240

(58)

125

(62)

115

(55)

 Urban

173

(42)

78

(38)

95

(45)

Ever Smoked

0.133

 Yes

21

(5)

13

(6)

8

(4)

 No

392

(95)

190

(94)

202

(96)

Body mass index (kg/m²)

0.204

 Underweight < 18.5

22

(5)

8

(4)

14

(6)

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

203

(49)

109

(54)

94

(45)

 Overweight & obese ≥ 25

188

(46)

86

(42)

102

(49)

History of STIs

< 0.001

 Yes

203

(49)

80

(39)

123

(59)

 No

210

(51)

123

(61)

87

(41)

Parity

0.265

 0

12

(3)

3

(2)

9

(4)

 1–4

226

(55)

117

(58)

109

(52)

 ≥ 5

175

(42)

83

(40)

92

(44)

Abortion

0.056

 Yes

156

(38)

86

(42)

70

(33)

 No

257

(62)

117

(58)

140

(67)

Age at first sexual intercourse

< 0.001

 < 18

173

(42)

111

(55)

62

(30)

 ≥ 18

240

(58)

92

(45)

148

(70)

No. of sexual partners in past 20 years

< 0.001

 One

130

(32)

35

(17)

95

(45)

 ≥two

283

(68)

168

(83)

115

(55)

Oral contraceptive use

< 0.001

 Yes

229

(55)

93

(46)

136

(65)

 No

184

(45)

110

(54)

74

(35)