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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample*

From: Socioeconomic disparities in the uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening in Italy: a cross sectional study

	Breast cancer screening		Cervical cancer screening
	(N = 15, 486)		(N = 35, 349)
	N	Proportion (%)	N	Proportion (%)
*Age groups*
25-34			8746	24.7
35-44			10201	28.9
45-54			8677	24.5
55-64			7725	21.9
50-54	4184	27.0
55-59	4299	27.8
60-64	3426	22.1
65-69	3577	23.1
*Region of residence*
North-western Italy	3599	23.2	12383	35.0
North-eastern Italy	3127	20.2	2355	21.5
Central-Italy	2833	18.3	6241	20.2
Southern Italy	4213	27.2	10405	29.4
Italian Islands	1714	11.1	3965	11.2
*Marital status*
Single	1067	6.9	7257	20.5
Married	11310	73.0	23782	67.3
Separated/Divorced	914	5.9	2723	7.7
Widowed	2195	14.2	1587	4.5
*Body mass index*
Normal weight	7564	48.8	22342	63.2
Underweight	305	2.0	1889	5.3
Overweight	5378	34.7	8128	23
Obese	2239	14.5	2990	8.5
*Self-assessed health status*
Good/Very good	6414	41.4	22771	64.4
Fair	7751	50.1	11310	32.0
Bad/Very bad	1321	8.5	1268	3.6
*Cigarette smoking status*
Current	2216	14.3	6474	18.3
Former	2565	16.6	5869	16.6
Never	10705	69.1	23006	65.1
*Level of education*
Primary school or less	7603	49.1	7082	20.1
Secondary school	3900	25.2	11214	31.7
High school and over	3983	25.7	17053	48.2
*Occupational class*
Non-working	4941	31.9	9806	27.8
Low	5915	38.2	11643	32.9
Intermediate	3167	20.5	10223	28.9
High	1463	9.4	3677	10.4
*Mammography*
One every two years	7274	47.0
Less than two or none	8212	53.0
*Pap test*
One every three years			18417	52.1
Less than three or none			16932	47.9

*Italian National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2005 [24].

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