Table 1 Awareness of cervical cancer among women of reproductive age in Benin and Zimbabwe, sub-Saharan Africa
Variable | Benin | Zimbabwe | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Heard about cervical cancer | p | n (%) | Heard about cervical cancer | p | |||
No (%) | Yes (%) | Â | No (%) | Yes (%) | Â | |||
Age (years) of respondent |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 15–19 | 3335 (20.9) | 93.7 | 6.3 |  | 2156 (21.7) | 43.2 | 56.8 |  |
 20–24 | 2916 (18.3) | 88.8 | 11.2 |  | 1782 (17.9) | 22.7 | 77.3 |  |
 25–29 | 2971 (18.7) | 88.0 | 12.0 |  | 1656 (16.6) | 15.0 | 85.0 |  |
 30–34 | 2195 (13.8) | 89.6 | 10.4 |  | 1591 (16.0) | 11.1 | 88.9 |  |
 35–39 | 1905 (12.0) | 89.5 | 10.5 |  | 1209 (12.1) | 10.7 | 89.3 |  |
 40–44 | 1333 (8.4) | 87.9 | 12.1 |  | 966 (9.7) | 10.7 | 89.3 |  |
 45–49 | 1273 (8.0) | 89.4 | 10.6 |  | 595 (6.0) | 12.3 | 87.7 |  |
Residential status |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Urban | 7045 (44.2) | 84.9 | 15.1 |  | 4521 (45.4) | 12.4 | 87.6 |  |
 Rural | 8883 (55.8) | 93.8 | 6.2 |  | 5434 (54.6) | 27.7 | 72.3 |  |
Education level |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 None | 8762 (55.0) | 95.0 | 5.0 |  | 106 (1.1) | 40.6 | 59.4 |  |
 Primary | 3116 (19.6) | 91.0 | 9.0 |  | 2385 (24.0) | 33.3 | 66.7 |  |
 Secondary | 3685 (23.1) | 81.0 | 19.0 |  | 6637 (66.7) | 18.3 | 81.7 |  |
 Higher | 365 (2.3) | 48.1 | 51.9 |  | 827 (8.3) | 2.1 | 97.9 |  |
Religious belief |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | 0.002* |
 Christianity | 8784 (55.1) | 86.1 | 13.9 |  | 9385 (94.3) | 20.4 | 79.6 |  |
 Islam | 4677 (29.4) | 94.9 | 5.1 |  | 30 (0.3) | 20.0 | 80.0 |  |
 Traditional/others | 2467 (15.5) | 93.3 | 6.7 |  | 540 (5.4) | 26.9 | 73.1 |  |
Literacy |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Cannot read at all | 10,359 (65.4) | 94.3 | 5.7 |  | 495 (5.0) | 44.2 | 55.8 |  |
 Able to read only part of sentence | 1133 (7.1) | 91.6 | 8.4 |  | 734 (7.4) | 28.2 | 71.8 |  |
 Able to read whole sentence | 4357 (27.5) | 78.6 | 21.4 |  | 8698 (87.6) | 18.7 | 81.3 |  |
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Not at all | 14,419 (90.5) | 91.4 | 8.6 |  | 5446 (54.7) | 28.1 | 71.9 |  |
 Less than once a week | 878 (5.5) | 73.9 | 26.1 |  | 2778 (27.9) | 13.4 | 86.6 |  |
 At least once a week | 631 (4.0) | 76.7 | 23.3 |  | 1731 (17.4) | 9.5 | 90.5 |  |
Frequency of listening to radio |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Not at all | 6840 (42.9) | 94.1 | 5.9 |  | 4482 (45.0) | 26.8 | 73.2 |  |
 Less than once a week | 3408 (21.4) | 89.7 | 10.3 |  | 2112 (21.2) | 19.0 | 81.0 |  |
 At least once a week | 5680 (35.7) | 84.8 | 15.2 |  | 3361 (33.8) | 13.7 | 86.3 |  |
Frequency of watching television |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Not at all | 9775 (61.4) | 94.5 | 5.5 |  | 5054 (50.8) | 27.1 | 72.9 |  |
 Less than once a week | 2741 (17.2) | 87.6 | 12.4 |  | 1381 (13.9) | 17.3 | 82.7 |  |
 At least once a week | 3412 (21.4) | 78.0 | 22.0 |  | 3520 (35.4) | 12.9 | 87.1 |  |
Frequency of using internet |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Not at all | 14,845 (93.2) | 92.2 | 7.8 |  | 7325 (73.6) | 25.4 | 74.6 |  |
 Less than once a week | 141 (0.9) | 70.8 | 29.2 |  | 214 (2.1) | 12.1 | 87.9 |  |
 At least once a week | 281 (1.8) | 68.6 | 31.4 |  | 413 (4.1) | 10.2 | 89.8 |  |
 Almost every day | 661 (4.1) | 50.5 | 49.5 |  | 2003 (20.1) | 7.0 | 93.0 |  |
Wealth quintile |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Poorest | 2856 (17.9) | 96.3 | 3.7 |  | 1499 (15.1) | 36.4 | 63.6 |  |
 Poorer | 2976 (18.7) | 95.4 | 4.6 |  | 1452 (14.6) | 28.6 | 71.4 |  |
 Middle | 2985 (18.7) | 92.7 | 7.3 |  | 1549 (15.6) | 24.7 | 75.3 |  |
 Richer | 3281 (20.6) | 90.5 | 9.5 |  | 2558 (25.7) | 15.4 | 84.6 |  |
 Richest | 3830 (24.0) | 77.3 | 22.7 |  | 2897 (29.1) | 11.3 | 88.7 |  |
Marital status |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Never in union | 3897 (24.5) | 88.5 | 11.5 |  | 2666 (26.8) | 35.3 | 64.7 |  |
 Currently in union/living with a man | 11,170 (70.1) | 90.7 | 9.3 |  | 6015 (60.4) | 15.5 | 84.5 |  |
 Formerly in union/lived with a man | 861 (5.4) | 84.3 | 15.7 |  | 1274 (12.8) | 15.1 | 84.9 |  |
Occupation |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 Not working | 3527 (23.0) | 91.7 | 8.3 |  | 4897 (54.3) | 27.8 | 72.2 |  |
 Professional/technical/managerial | 543 (3.5) | 60.8 | 39.2 |  | 615 (6.8) | 2.4 | 97.6 |  |
 Sales | 4537 (29.6) | 87.7 | 12.3 |  | 1794 (19.9) | 12.5 | 87.5 |  |
 Agricultural | 3065 (20.0) | 97.0 | 3.0 |  | 742 (8.2) | 18.3 | 81.7 |  |
 Services | 1842 (12.0) | 86.5 | 13.5 |  | 728 (8.1) | 11.7 | 88.3 |  |
 Skilled manual | 1825 (11.9) | 93.8 | 6.2 |  | 249 (2.8) | 14.9 | 85.1 |  |
Geographical region |  |  |  | < 0.001* |  |  |  | < 0.001* |
 1 | 1697 (10.7) | 96.4 | 3.6 |  | 1019 (10.2) | 23.2 | 76.8 |  |
 2 | 1392 (8.7) | 91.6 | 8.4 |  | 993 (10.0) | 18.2 | 81.2 |  |
 3 | 1702 (10.7) | 85.4 | 14.6 |  | 910 (9.1) | 17.1 | 82.9 |  |
 4 | 1765 (11.1) | 98.6 | 1.4 |  | 1054 (10.6) | 16.3 | 83.7 |  |
 5 | 1403 (8.8) | 87.3 | 12.7 |  | 849 (8.5) | 32.4 | 67.6 |  |
 6 | 1012 (6.4) | 89.9 | 10.1 |  | 829 (8.3) | 34.3 | 65.7 |  |
 7 | 964 (6.1) | 94.5 | 5.5 |  | 1062 (10.7) | 24.3 | 75.7 |  |
 8 | 1415 (8.9) | 70.3 | 29.7 |  | 1046 (10.5) | 24.2 | 75.8 |  |
 9 | 816 (5.1) | 87.9 | 12.1 |  | 1235 (12.4) | 9.1 | 90.9 |  |
 10 | 1260 (7.9) | 92.0 | 8.0 |  | 958 (9.6) | 14.5 | 85.5 |  |
 11 | 952 (6.0) | 95.5 | 4.5 |  |  |  |  |  |
 12 | 1550 (9.7) | 88.0 | 12.0 |  |  |  |  |  |