Awareness of Cervical Cancer, Risk Perception, and Practice of Pap Smear Test among Young Adult Women of Dhulikhel Municipality, Nepal

Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Age in years
Mean ± SD	()
25 years and above	309	73.2
Below 25 years	113	26.8
Religion
Hindu	347	82.2
Buddhist	43	10.2
Christian	26	6.2
Muslim	6	1.4
Ethnicity
Janajati	311	73.6
Brahmin/Chettri	70	16.6
Dalit	34	8.1
Others	7	1.7
Family type
Joint/extended	257	60.9
Nuclear	165	39.1
Marital status
Married	336	79.6
Unmarried	86	20.4
Occupation
Housewife	189	44.8
Business	96	22.7
Student	58	13.7
Government/private service	56	13.3
Others	23	5.5
Educational level
Illiterate/informal	149	35.3
Formal	273	64.7
Family history of cervical cancer
No	415	98.3
Yes	7	1.7
No of children
1-3	292	96.1
More than 3	12	3.9