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Table 2 Univariate demographic characteristics of women who intend to self-collect compared to those who do not 1

From: Women’s intentions to self-collect samples for human papillomavirus testing in an organized cervical cancer screening program

Variable

Group

SC25 < =4 Do not intend to self-collect

SC25 > 4 Intend to self-collect

Overall

p-value

Overall

Overall

534 (54.4%)

447 (45.6%)

981

0.0055

Marital status

Divorced

56 (10.5%)

52 (11.6%)

108 (11.0%)

0.5366

Married

317 (59.4%)

281 (62.9%)

598 (61.0%)

 

Never married

69 (12.9%)

43 (9.6%)

112 (11.4%)

 

Widowed

5 (0.9%)

2 (0.4%)

7 (0.7%)

 

Common-law

50 (9.4%)

41 (9.2%)

91 (9.3%)

 

Did not answer

37 (6.9%)

28 (6.3%)

65 (6.6%)

 

Education

<High School

85 (15.9%)

48 (10.7%)

133 (13.6%)

0.0193

More than High School

499 (84.1%)

399 (89.3%)

848 (86.4%)

 

Sexual partners

0

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.1%)

0.1908

1

116 (21.7%)

69 (15.4%)

185 (18.9%)

 

2-5

189 (35.4%)

175 (39.1%)

364 (37.1%)

 

6-10

116 (21.7%)

105 (23.5%)

221 (22.5%)

 

11-50

105 (19.7%)

93 (20.8%)

198 (20.2%)

 

51-99

7 (1.3%)

3 (0.7%)

10 (1.0%)

 

>99

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

 

Ethnic origin

Chinese

50 (9.4%)

31 (6.9%)

81 (8.3%)

0.3876

Aboriginal

13 (2.4%)

11 (2.5%)

24 (2.4%)

 

Other

471 (88.2%)

405 (90.6%)

876 (89.3%)

 

Smoke - Ever

No

339 (63.5%)

288 (64.4%)

627 (63.9%)

0.7585

Yes

195 (36.5%)

159 (35.6%)

354 (36.1%)

 

Age (Recruitment)

Median (IQR)2

44 (37–52)

46 (38–54)

45 (38–53)

0.0927

  1. 1Chi Square test. 2Kruskal-Wallis.