Research Article
A Comparative Study of Prevalence of RTI/STI Symptoms and Treatment Seeking Behaviour among the Married Women in Urban and Rural Areas of Delhi
Table 6
Treatment seeking behaviour in relation to some sociodemographic, obstetric, and behavioural factors in urban and rural area.
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Characteristics | Urban () | Rural () | | Sought treatment (%) | Total symptomatic respondents (%) | value | Sought treatment (%) | Total symptomatic respondents (%) | value |
| | Age | | | | | | | | 18–25 | 19 (65) | 29 (32) | 0.001 | 6 (18.8) | 32 (36) |
0.000 | | 26–35 | 40 (75) | 53 (58) | 28 (58.3) | 48 (53) | | 36–45 | 7 (78) | 9 (10) | 7 (70) | 10 (11) | | Education | | | | | | | | Illiterate | 16 (59.3) | 27 (30) | 0.003 | 10 (37) | 27 (30) | 0.04 | | Up to high school | 35 (78) | 45 (50) | 22 (48.9) | 45 (50) | | Post-high school | 15 (83.3) | 18 (20) | 9 (50) | 18 (20) | | Occupation | | | | | | | | Working | 4 (67) | 6 (7) | 0.120 | 5 (71) | 7 (8) | 0.04 | | Housewife | 62 (73) | 85 (93) | 35 (42) | 83 (92) | | Monthly income per capita | | | | | | | | Up to 1000 | 21 (70) | 30 (33) | 0.085 | 11 (40) | 28 (31) | 0.074 | | 1001–2000 | 14 (67) | 21 (23) | 12 (43) | 28 (31) | | 2001 or more | 31 (78) | 40 (44) | 16 (47) | 34 (38) | | Contraception usage | | | | | | | | Yes | 50 (79.4) | 63 (69) | 0.001 | 21 (53.8) | 39 (43) | 0.041 | | No | 16 (57.1) | 28 (31) | 20 (39.2) | 51 (57) |
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