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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: “I want to save my life”: Conceptions of cervical and breast cancer screening among urban immigrant women of South Asian and Chinese origin

One on one interviews

Country of origin

Number of participants (n)

Ages

Language of interview (n)

Time in Canada (n)

Screening status (n)

China

11

33–69

Median 55

Mandarin (11)

<5 years (3)

≥5 years (5)

N/A (3)

Pap UTD (3)

Never had Pap (2)

Unsure (1)

N/A (3)

Over 50

Pap & Mammogram UTD (5)

Pap UTD, Mammogram not UTD (1)

Unsure (1)

Bangladesh

12

30–61

Median 39

Bengali (10)

English (2)

<5 years (4)

≥5 years (5)

N/A (3)

Pap UTD (6)

Never had Pap (2)

     

Over 50

Pap & Mammogram UTD (3)

Pap UTD, Mammogram not UTD (1)

Focus groups

Country of origin

Number of participants (n)

Ages

Language of focus group

Time in Canada (n)

Screening status (n)

China

6

28–65

Median 38

Mandarin (6)

N/A

N/A

Bangladesh

8

34–65

Median 42

Bengali (8)

<5 years (3)

≥5 years (2)

N/A (3)

UTD Pap (1)

Never had Pap (2)

Unsure (1)

N/A (2)

Over 50

Pap UTD, Mammogram not UTD (1)

N/A (1)

  1. Abbreviations: N/A Data not available due to non-response; UTD Up to date, Pap Papanicolauouo smear (cervical cancer screening)