Care Seeking Behaviour and Barriers to Accessing Services for Sexual Health Problems among Women in Rural Areas of Tamilnadu State in India

Table 2

Percentage distribution of care seeking behaviour of women who experienced RTIs according to their background characteristics.

Background characteristics	Sought treatment		Total	𝑋^2	P
	Frequency	Percentage
Age of women
18–20	11	84.6	13	4.29	.117
21–23	42	80.8	52
24 years	18	78.3	23
Education of women
Illiterate	10	76.9	13	9.34	.044
Primary education	18	78.3	23
Secondary education	38	80.9	47
Higher secondary+	5	100.0	5
Occupation of women
Nonworkers	4	66.7	6	.067	.967
Agricultural laborers	51	81.9	63
Nonagricultural laborers	16	84.2	19
Standard of living index
Low	39	71.9	55	13.64	.008
Medium	31	96.9	32
High	1	100.0	1
Age at marriage
Less than 18 years	3	60.0	5	2.29	.319
18-19 years	41	77.3	53
20-21 years	23	92.0	25
22-23 years	4	80.0	5
Birth order
First	34	87.2	39	8.32	.015
Second	33	78.6	42
Third	4	57.1	7
Exposure to mass media
More frequently	18	81.8	22	.024	.876
Less frequently	53	80.3	66
Distance to healthcare; facility
Within one Km	11	91.7	12	2.43	.296
2-3 Km	20	87.0	23
4 or more Km	40	75.5	53
Total	71	80.7	88