Table 3

Bivariate analysis of healthcare decision making and cervical cancer screening

Variable	Weighted N	Weighted %	Cervical cancer screening
Variable			Yes (%)	P value
Women’s healthcare decision making				<0.001
Respondent alone	6900	24.2	22.2
Respondent and husband/partner	11 952	42.0	14.9
Husband/someone/others	9605	33.8	5.3
Women’s age (years)				<0.001
15–19	1400	4.9	3.1
20–24	4367	15.3	6.4
25–29	6484	22.8	11.0
30–34	5784	20.3	15.2
35–39	4630	16.3	16.4
40–44	3288	11.6	20.0
45–49	2504	8.8	19.7
Marital status				<0.001
Married	23 243	81.7	14.1
Cohabiting	5214	18.3	10.5
Educational level				<0.001
No education	6889	24.2	1.7
Primary	9052	31.8	11.6
Secondary	10 452	36.7	18.0
Higher	2064	7.3	37.5
Current working status				<0.001
No	8918	31.3	12.0
Yes	19 539	68.7	14.1
Religion				<0.001
Christianity	21 295	74.8	16.5
Islamic	5080	17.9	2.0
African Traditional	780	2.7	0.6
No religion	924	3.3	5.7
Others	378	1.3	41.3
Parity				<0.001
0	1700	6.0	12.5
1	4401	15.5	12.7
2	5542	19.5	17.1
3	5193	18.2	17.3
4 or more	11 621	40.8	10.4
Heard of cervical cancer				<0.001
No	9028	31.7	0.3
Yes	19 429	68.3	19.6
Frequency of watching television				<0.001
Not at all	14 212	49.9	8.1
Less than once a week	3786	13.3	12.8
At least once a week	10 459	36.8	21.0
Frequency of listening to radio				<0.001
Not at all	10 909	38.3	6.8
Less than once a week	5259	18.5	12.6
At least once a week	12 289	43.2	19.7
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine				<0.001
Not at all	20 257	71.2	7.6
Less than once a week	4656	16.4	21.8
At least once a week	3544	12.4	35.7
Wealth index				<0.001
Poorest	4659	16.4	4.5
Poorer	5296	18.6	8.0
Middle	5297	18.6	9.8
Richer	6198	21.8	14.6
Richest	7006	24.6	25.2
Place of residence				<0.001
Urban	13 042	45.8	18.5
Rural	15 415	54.2	9.1