Research Article
Knowledge about HPV and Screening of Cervical Cancer among Women from the Metropolitan Region of Natal, Brazil
Table 2
Frequency, distribution, and univariate associations of characteristics in relation to Pap knowledge level.
| | Characteristic | = 706 | Pap test knowledge score | | | Low | Medium | High |
| | Age (years) | | | | | 0.237 | | 14–28 | 366 | 207 (56.6) | 78 (21.3) | 81 (22.1) | | | 29–38 | 180 | 93 (51.7) | 47 (26.1) | 40 (22.2) | | | 39–48 | 92 | 39 (42.4) | 29 (31.5) | 24 (26.1) | | | 49–59 | 68 | 35 (51.5) | 20 (29.4) | 13 (19.1) | | | Ethnicity | | | | | 0.484 | | White | 337 | 173 (51.3) | 82 (24.3) | 82 (24.3) | | | Nonwhite | 369 | 201 (54.5) | 92 (24.9) | 76 (20.6) | | | Education | | | | | 0.000 | | Elementary school or less | 262 | 171 (65.3) | 79 (30.2) | 12 (4.6) | | | High school and above | 444 | 203 (45.7) | 95 (21.4) | 146 (32.9) | | | Marital status | | | | | 0.000 | | Single | 253 | 157 (62.0) | 37 (14.6) | 59 (23.3) | | | Married or accompanied | 453 | 217 (47.9) | 137 (30.2) | 99 (21.8) | | | Household income | | | | | 0.000 | | Low income | 557 | 317 (56.9) | 138 (24.8) | 102 (18.3) | | | Middle or high income | 149 | 57 (38.3) | 36 (24.2) | 56 (37.6) | | | Pregnancy | | | | | 0.000 | | No | 375 | 230 (61.3) | 60 (16.0) | 85 (22.7) | | | Yes | 331 | 144 (43.5) | 114 (34.4) | 73 (22.1) | |
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