Objective
To examine socioeconomic inequalities in the use of cervical cancer screening among women in sub-Saharan Africa.
Design
Secondary data from the Demographic and Health Survey data in sub-Saharan Africa.
Setting
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Participants
Women aged 15–64 years.
Outcome measures
Socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer screening uptake and the pooled prevalence of cervical cancer screening.
Results
The pooled prevalence of cervical cancer screening among women in sub-Saharan African countries was 10.51% (95% CI: 7.54% to 13.48%). Cervical cancer screening uptake showed a significant pro-rich distribution of wealth-related inequalities, with a weighted Erreygers normalised concentration index of 0.084 and an SE of 0.003 (p value