Knowledge and Awareness of Cervical Cancer among HIV-Infected Women in Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV-infected women enrolled in this study, Ethiopia, August to September 2012.

Variable	Number ()	%
Age
Below 30	26	6.0
30–34	207	47.9
35–39	121	28.0
40 and above	78	18.1
Educational status
No formal education	143	33.1
Elementary	162	37.5
Secondary	96	22.2
Tertiary education	31	7.2
Marital status
Single	64	14.8
Married	171	39.6
Divorced/separated	104	24.1
Widowed	93	21.5
Occupation
Housewife	141	32.6
Business work	118	27.3
Government employee	51	11.8
Self-employed (daily laborer, farmer)	74	17.1
Work at private organization or in small business group	23	5.3
Other (house servant, lives with family)	25	5.8
Religion
Orthodox	344	79.6
Protestant	45	10.4
Muslim	34	7.9
Other religions	9	2.1
Geographic location
Health facility 1 (Addis Ababa City Administration)	80	18.5
Health facility 2 (Tigray)	105	24.3
Health facility 3 (Amhara)	100	23.1
Health facility 4 (Oromia)	70	16.2
Health facility 5 (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region [SNNPR])	77	17.8
Residence
Urban	367	85.0
Semiurban	28	6.5
Rural	37	8.5
Reason that brought them to the facility
Routine HIV/AIDS follow-up care	259	60.0
To get cervical cancer screening test	141	32.6
To get treatment for current illness	32	7.4