Cervical Cancer Awareness among Women in Tanzania: An Analysis of Data from the 2011-12 Tanzania HIV and Malaria Indicators Survey

Table 1

The distribution by sociodemographic characteristics and awareness about cervical cancer.

Variables	Awareness about cervical cancer				value
	Not aware		Aware
		%		%
Education:
No education	528	44.3	663	55.7
Primary incomplete	250	35.8	448	64.2
Primary completed	867	27.3	2307	72.7
Secondary or more	67	14	413	86
Age groups:
15–19	218	50.2	216	49.8
0–24	334	35	619	65
25–29	374	32	794	68
30–34	224	23.5	731	76.5
35–39	287	30.7	647	69.3
40–44	155	24.6	475	75.4
45–49	119	25.4	350	74.6
Occupation:
Unemployed	162	27.3	432	72.7
Self-employed	1494	32.9	3050	67.9
Employed	56	13.8	349	86.2

Here indicates . ; 2 participants were missing some information on independent variables: 2 on occupation.