Research Article
Knowledge about HPV and Screening of Cervical Cancer among Women from the Metropolitan Region of Natal, Brazil
Table 3
Frequency, distribution, and univariate associations of characteristics in relation to HPV knowledge level.
| | Characteristic | = 706 | HPV knowledge score | | | Low | Medium | High |
| | Age (years) | | | | | 0.000 | | 14–28 | 366 | 260 (71.0) | 86 (23.5) | 20 (5.5) | | | 29–38 | 180 | 125 (69.4) | 42 (23.3) | 13 (7.2) | | | 39–48 | 92 | 62 (67.4) | 11 (12.0) | 19 (20.7) | | | 49–59 | 68 | 54 (79.4) | 2 (2.9) | 12 (17.6) | | | Ethnicity | | | | | 0.061 | | White | 337 | 225 (66.8) | 78 (23.1) | 34 (10.1) | | | Nonwhite | 369 | 276 (74.8) | 63 (17.1) | 30 (8.1) | | | Education | | | | | 0.000 | | Elementary school or less | 262 | 237 (90.5) | 24 (9.2) | 1 (0.4) | | | High school or above | 444 | 264 (59.5) | 117 (26.4) | 63 (14.2) | | | Marital status | | | | | 0.006 | | Single | 253 | 174 (68.8) | 64 (25.3) | 15 (5.9) | | | Married or accompanied | 453 | 327 (72.2) | 77 (17.0) | 49 (10.8) | | | Household income | | | | | 0.000 | | Low income | 557 | 424 (76.1) | 96 (17.2) | 37 (6.6) | | | Middle or high income | 149 | 77 (51.7) | 45 (30.2) | 27 (18.1) | | | Pregnancy | | | | | 0.000 | | No | 375 | 263 (70.1) | 96 (25.6) | 16 (4.3) | | | Yes | 331 | 238 (71.9) | 45 (13.6) | 48 (14.5) | |
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