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	𝑋^2	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