Table 4: Attitude towards cervical cancer and its screening among women (n = 630) in Debremarkos town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables

Level of agreement

 

Agree

Disagree

Indifferent

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Any reproductive age woman is susceptible to develop cervical cancer    

320

47.5

148

23.5

162

25.7

Like any women, you are susceptible to develop cervical cancer

299

47.5

170

27

161

25.6

 

93

14.8

354

56.2

183

29

Cervical cancer may be dangerous 

383

60.8

133

21.1

114

18.1

Precancerous cervical screening may be beneficial to health

387

61.4

112

17.8

131

20.8

Cervical cancer screening is painful

359

57

109

17.3

162

25.7

Overall attitude

Frequency

percent

Favorable attitude

385

61.1

Unfavorable attitude

245

38.9