Research Article
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 |
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