Research Article
Care Seeking Behaviour and Barriers to Accessing Services for Sexual Health Problems among Women in Rural Areas of Tamilnadu State in India
Table 4
Percentage distribution of care seeking behavior of women who experienced STIs according to their background characteristics.
| Background characteristics | Sought treatment | Total | | P | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age of women | | | | | | 18–20 | 8 | 80.0 | 10 | 8.78 | .077 | 21–23 | 27 | 77.1 | 35 | 24 years | 6 | 75.0 | 8 | Education of women | | | | | | Illiterate | 10 | 66.7 | 15 | 11.06 | .017 | Primary education | 7 | 70.0 | 10 | Secondary education+ | 24 | 85.7 | 28 | Occupation of women | | | | | | Nonworkers | 3 | 75.0 | 4 | 1.33 | .515 | Agricultural laborers | 19 | 63.3 | 30 | Nonagricultural laborers | 19 | 100.0 | 19 | Standard of living index | | | | | | Low | 24 | 72.7 | 33 | 17.17 | .006 | Medium | 8 | 72.7 | 11 | High | 9 | 100.0 | 9 | Age at marriage | | | | | | Less than 18 years | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 7.37 | .532 | 18-19 years | 22 | 78.6 | 28 | 20-21 years | 13 | 72.2 | 18 | 22-23 years | 5 | 83.3 | 6 | Birth order | | | | | | First | 25 | 83.3 | 30 | 8.95 | .029 | Second | 14 | 70.0 | 20 | Third | 2 | 66.7 | 3 | Exposure to mass media | | | | | | More frequently | 6 | 75.0 | 8 | .16 | .687 | Less frequently | 35 | 77.8 | 45 | Distance to health care facility | | | | | | Within one Km | 7 | 87.5 | 8 | 11.23 | .027 | 2-3 Km | 10 | 76.9 | 13 | 4 or more km | 24 | 75 | 32 |
| Total | 41 | 77.4 | 53 | | |
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