Table 1 Socio-Demographic characteristics of screened and unscreened Women, 2003 South Africa World Health Survey
| Â | Pelvic/Pap Screening | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Total (n = 1,236) | Screened (n = 274) | Unscreened (n = 918) | p-value |
Age (years) Mean (Std. Error) | 38.3 (0.6) | 36.2 (1.3) | 37.3 (0.6) | 0.001 |
Education (%) | ||||
 Primary school or less | 43.4 | 24.4 | 47.4 | 0.001 |
 Secondary school | 43.9 | 45.6 | 44.7 |  |
 College or more | 12.7 | 30.0 | 7.9 |  |
Marital Status (%) | ||||
 Never married | 48.2 | 36.3 | 53.4 | 0.001 |
 Married | 35.6 | 47.8 | 33.0 |  |
 Separated/Divorced | 6.6 | 11.6 | 5.3 |  |
 Widowed | 9.6 | 4.3 | 8.2 |  |
Region (%) | ||||
 Rural | 43.8 | 33.4 | 47.1 | 0.25 |
 Urban | 56.2 | 66.6 | 52.9 |  |
Overall Health (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Good | 66.8 | 75.4 | 65.9 | 0.44 |
 Moderate | 23.6 | 17.1 | 24.4 |  |
 Poor | 9.7 | 7.6 | 9.7 |  |
Employment (%) | ||||
 Government | 8.8 | 17.8 | 6.5 | 0.001 |
 Non-government | 17.4 | 26.9 | 15.4 |  |
 Self-employed | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.4 |  |
 Unemployed for Pay | 67.7 | 49.5 | 71.7 |  |
Household SES (%) | ||||
 Q1-Low | 27.6 | 25.7 | 28.0 | 0.07 |
 Q2 | 26.5 | 20.5 | 28.4 |  |
 Q3 | 25.9 | 23.0 | 26.5 |  |
 Q4-High | 19.9 | 30.8 | 17.1 |  |