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Table 1 Characteristics of non-participants and participants in the questionnaire survey

From: Factors associated with non-attendance, opportunistic attendance and reminded attendance to cervical screening in an organized screening program: a cross-sectional study of 12,058 Norwegian women

 

Frequency (%) among non-

participants (N = 5,628)

Frequency (%) among

participants (N = 12,058)

Age group (years)

  

25-29

25.3

23.4

30-34

22.7

24.7

35-39

24.1

25.3

40-45

27.9

26.7

Residential region in Norway

  

Oslo (capital)

18.1

15.4

Eastern (minus Oslo)

36.9

38.5

Western

29.2

28.7

Northern

15.8

17.4

Median income in residential municipality (NOK) 1

  

240,000-290,000

20.2

17.8

290,001-310,000

18.4

17.7

310,001-320,000

17.3

17.1

320,001-360,000

22.1

23.0

360,001-450,000

22.0

24.3

  1. 1 Data from Statistics Norway on the 2005 median income per household in the women's residential municipality. There are 430 municipalities in Norway