Research Article
Self-Collected Specimens Revealed a Higher Vaccine- and Non-Vaccine-Type Human Papillomavirus Prevalences in a Cross-Sectional Study in Akuse
Table 1
Distribution of the demographic characteristics of women who did or did not report for specimen collection.
| Variables | Categories | #Number (%) of women who | Pearson chi-square (p-value) | Reported | Did not report | Total |
| Age (categorised) | 15–19 | 12 (4.8) | 14 (8.7) | 26 (6.3) | 10.806 (0.289) | 20–24 | 36 (14.3) | 29 (18.0) | 65 (15.8) | 25–29 | 61(24.3) | 36 (22.4) | 97 (23.5) | 30–34 | 27 (10.8) | 19 (11.8) | 46 (11.2) | 35–39 | 36 (14.3) | 16 (9.9) | 52 (12.6) | 40–44 | 32 (12.7) | 19 (11.8) | 51 (12.4) | 45–49 | 14 (5.6) | 16 (9.9) | 30 (7.3) | 50–54 | 16 (6.4) | 6 (3.7) | 22 (5.3) | 55–59 | 9 (3.6) | 4 (2.5) | 13 (3.2) | 60 or older | 8 (3.2) | 2 (1.2) | 10 (2.4) | Total | 251 | 161 | 412 |
| Religion | Christian | 242 (96.4) | 131 (81.4) | 373 (90.5) | 26.91 (≤0.001)∗ | Muslim | 9 (3.6) | 26 (16.1) | 35 (8.5) | Other | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.5) | 4 (1.0) | Total | 251 | 161 | 412 |
| Marital status | Unmarried | 79 (32.0) | 71 (44.4) | 150 (36.9) | 6.406 (0.011)∗ | Married | 168 (68.0) | 89 (55.6) | 257 (63.1) | Total | 247 | 160 | 407 |
| Educational status | No formal education | 40 (16.1) | 28 (17.5) | 68 (16.6) | 6.035 (0.197) | Primary | 51 (20.5) | 26 (16.3) | 77 (18.8) | Junior secondary | 112 (45.0) | 82 (51.3) | 194 (47.4) | Senior secondary | 28 (11.2) | 20 (12.5) | 48 (11.7) | Post-secondary | 18 (7.2) | 4 (2.5) | 22 (5.4) | Total | 249 | 160 | 409 |
| Occupation | Unemployed | 19 (7.8) | 6 (3.8) | 25 (6.2) | 7.320 (0.120) | Formal employment | 40 (16.4) | 26 (16.5) | 66 (16.4) | Skilled worker | 62 (25.4) | 31 (19.6) | 93 (23.1) | Trader | 101(41.4) | 71 (44.9) | 172 (42.8) | Agro-worker | 22 (9.0) | 24 (15.2) | 46 (11.4) | Total | 244 | 158 | 402 |
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∗Significant difference within the categories. #The total number of women who completed the questionnaire was 415.
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