Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage %

Lack of time

Yes

No

35

82

29.9

70.1

Ever had Pap smear test

Yes

No

26

91

22.2

77.8

Ever had HPV vaccine

Yes

No

4

113

3.4

96.6

Pap test is painful

Yes

No

21

96

17.9

82.1

Pap test is unnecessary

Yes

No

17

100

14.5

85.5

Embarrassed

Yes

No

12

105

10.3

89.7

I don’t care

Yes

No

6

111

5.1

94.9

No female doctor

Yes

No

5

112

4.3

95.7

No encouragement from husband/family/friends

Yes

No

4

113

3.4

96.6

Do not know where to get the test

Yes

No

4

113

3.4

96.6

Expensive

Yes

No

3

114

2.6

97.4

Table 4: Practice and Barriers toward Pap smear test among study participants (n=117).