Research Article
Comprehensive Knowledge towards Cervical Cancer and Associated Factors among Women in Durame Town, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristic of female client visiting family planning unit in Durame General Hospital, 2019 (
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| Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age | | | 21-25 | 107 | 45.1 | 26-30 | 91 | 38.4 | 31-35 | 32 | 13.5 | 36-40 | 7 | 3.0 | Marital status | | | Married | 232 | 97.9 | Unmarried | 5 | 2.1 | Educational status | | | No formal education | 76 | 32.1 | Primary | 39 | 16.5 | Secondary | 57 | 24.1 | Diploma and above | 65 | 27.4 | Occupation | | | House wife | 136 | 57.4 | Government employee | 50 | 21.1 | Private employee | 25 | 10.5 | Merchant | 26 | 11.0 | Residence | | | Urban | 132 | 55.7 | Rural | 105 | 44.3 | Have functional TV/radio | | | Yes | 150 | 63.3 | No | 87 | 36.7 | Monthly income | | | > 15$ | 53 | 22.4 | 15-30$ | 73 | 30.8 | >30%$ | 111 | 46.8 | Parity | | | 1-2 | 160 | 67.5 | 3-4 | 66 | 27.8 | ≥5 | 11 | 4.6 | Age at first birth | | | ≥18 | 231 | 97.5 | <18 | 6 | 2.5 | Know someone with cervical cancer | | | Yes | 55 | 23.2 | No | 182 | 76.8 |
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