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).