Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage %

Ever heard about pap smear test

                   Yes

                    No

95

22

81.2

18.8

Purpose of Pap test

   Detect cervical cancer

            Detect STDs

           I don’t know

92

7

18

78.6

6

15.4

Pap smear standard recommendation

             Once/year

       Once in 1-3 years

         Once in 5 years

        Once in life-time

           I don’t know

47

28

9

3

30

40.2

23.9

7.7

2.6

25.6

Ever had HPV infection

                   Yes

                    No

4

113

3.4

96.6

Early age of marriage is one of the risk factors of cervical cancer

                   Yes

                    No

18

99

15.4

84.6

Multiple sex partners is one of the risk factors

                   Yes

                    No

51

66

43.6

56.4

Smoking is one of the risk factors of cervical cancer

                   Yes

                    No

32

85

27.4

72.6

Diet is one of the risk factors of cervical cancer

                   Yes

                    No

2

115

1.7

98.3

STDs is one of the risk factors of cervical cancer

                   Yes

                    No

69

48

59

41

Table 3: Knowledge about the risk factors of cervical cancer among study participants (n=117).