Research Article
Cervical Cancer: Community Perception and Preventive Practices in an Urban Neighborhood of Lagos (Nigeria)
Table 7
Willingness to attend a cervical cancer educational program by educational status.
| | Attend educational program | Total | Test of significance | value | | Yes | No | Do not know |
| Gender | | | | | | | Male | | | | | | | Educational status | | | | | | | No formal | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (100) | Fishers exact = 6.056 | 0.868 | Primary | 21 (80.8) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (3.8) | 26 (100) | Secondary | 46 (76.7) | 10 (16.7) | 4 (6.7) | 60 (100) | Tertiary | 21 (75.0) | 6 (21.4) | 1 (3.6) | 28 (100) |
| Total | 91 (76.5) | 21 (17.6) | 7 (5.9) | 119 (100) | | |
| Female | | | | | | | Educational status | | | | | | | No formal | 19 (82.6) | 3 (13.0) | 1 (4.3) | 23 (100) | Fishers exact = 8.969 | 0.312 | Primary | 36 (90.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (10.0) | 40 (100) | Secondary | 93 (91.2) | 3 (2.9) | 6 (5.9) | 102 (100) | Tertiary | 27 (90.0) | 2 (6.7) | 1 (3.3) | 30 (100) | No resp. | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
| Total | 177 (89.8) | 8 (4.1) | 12 (6.1) | 197 (100) | | |
| Total | | | | | | | No formal |
22 (78.6) | 4 (14.3) | 2 (7.1) | 28 (100) | Fishers exact = 10.964 | 0.810 | Primary | 57 (86.4) | 4 (6.1) | 5 (7.6) | 66 (100) | Secondary | 1139 (85.8) | 13 (8.0) | 10 (6.2) | 162 (100) | Tertiary | 48 (82.8) | 8 (13.8) | 2 (3.4) | 58 (100) | No resp. | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
| Total | 1268 (84.8) | 29 (9.2) | 19 (6.0) | 316 (100) | | |
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Educational status was not significantly associated with the willingness to attend a cervical cancer educational program. ().
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