A Large Cross-Sectional Survey Investigating the Knowledge of Cervical Cancer Risk Aetiology and the Predictors of the Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Related to Mass Media Campaign

Table 1

Selected demographic and professional characteristics of the women who got the Pap-test during the campaign period (Group 1) and two years later (Group 2).

Characteristics	Group 1		Group 2		𝑃 value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age, years	42.5	10.9	43.9	10.7	<0.001
	𝑁=823	%	𝑁=7747	%
Place of residence
Urban	450	54.68	4079	52.65	0.268
Rural	373	45.32	3668	47.35
Educational level
None/primary school	65	8.89	978	12.71	0.009
Middle school	223	30.51	2184	28.39
High school	330	45.14	3223	41.90
Academic degree	113	15.46	1307	16.99
Missing	55	0.71	92	11.18
Marital status
Single	135	19.29	1239	16.30	0.025
Married	518	74.00	5662	74.49
Separated/divorced	27	3.86	471	6.20
Widow	20	2.86	229	3.01
Missing	123	14.94	146	1.88
Professional occupation
Trader	27	3.76	299	3.90	<0.001
Laborer	101	14.05	1063	13.88
Employee	94	13.07	1240	16.19
Corporate entrepreneur	10	1.39	88	1.15
Agricultural entrepreneur	8	1.11	134	1.75
Freelancer	8	1.11	293	3.82
Teacher	43	5.98	548	7.15
Housewife	237	32.96	2645	34.53
Retired	31	4.31	384	5.01
Craftsman	1	0.14	92	1.20
Caregiver	27	3.76	239	3.12
Waitress	14	1.95	145	1.89
Shop assistant	10	1.39	78	1.02
Sanitary	16	2.23	71	0.93
Student	9	1.25	47	0.61
Unemployed	28	3.89	162	2.11
Other	55	7.65	132	1.73
Missing	105	12.76	86	1.11