Table 1 Characteristics of eligible women in Switzerland (SHIS 1992–2012) and Belgium (BHIS 1997–2013) samplesa
From: Never and under cervical cancer screening in Switzerland and Belgium: trends and inequalities
Switzerland (women aged 20–70) N = 31,800 | Belgium (women aged 25–64) N = 9442 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Main independent variables | ||||
Education | ||||
Primary & lower secondary | 4716 | 15 | 2820 | 28.8 |
Upper secondary | 21,070 | 66.7 | 2925 | 32.6 |
Tertiary | 6014 | 18.4 | 3697 | 38.6 |
Monthly household income | ||||
1st quintile | 7121 | 23.6 | 1723 | 16.2 |
2nd quintile | 6233 | 20.9 | 1505 | 16 |
3rd quintile | 6870 | 20.6 | 1776 | 19.4 |
4th quintile | 6949 | 21.2 | 2061 | 23.1 |
5th quintile | 4627 | 13.7 | 2377 | 25.3 |
Employment | ||||
Employed | 20,611 | 64.9 | 5884 | 63.7 |
Unemployed/ non-employed | 11,189 | 35.1 | 3558 | 36.3 |
Partnership status | ||||
Single, widow, divorced and separated (and dissolved partnership) | 11,830 | 28.7 | 2759 | 24.1 |
Living with spouse/ partner | 19,970 | 71.3 | 6683 | 75.9 |
Age | ||||
20–29 (CH)/ 25–29 (BE) | 5097 | 18.7 | 1150 | 11.5 |
30–39 | 7593 | 24.1 | 2682 | 29.2 |
40–49 | 7066 | 23.4 | 2479 | 27.2 |
50–59 | 6025 | 17.9 | 2172 | 22.7 |
60–70 (CH)/ 60–64 (BE) | 6019 | 15.9 | 959 | 9.4 |
Nationality | ||||
National citizen (Swiss / Belgian) | 27,653 | 81.7 | 8493 | 93.2 |
Foreign national | 4147 | 18.3 | 949 | 6.8 |
Area of residence | ||||
Urban | 22,470 | 72.1 | 6988 | 72.4 |
Rural | 9330 | 27.9 | 2454 | 27.6 |
Covariates | ||||
Self-rated health | ||||
Very good | 9163 | 29.1 | 2403 | 25.9 |
Good | 18,165 | 57.5 | 4833 | 52.6 |
Fair | 3514 | 10.6 | 1798 | 17.9 |
Bad | 808 | 2.3 | 339 | 3.1 |
Very bad | 150 | 0.4 | 69 | 0.5 |
BMI | ||||
Normal weight | 18,734 | 59.3 | 5538 | 58.4 |
Underweight | 4502 | 14.2 | 425 | 4.3 |
Overweight & obesity | 8564 | 26.6 | 3479 | 37.3 |
Doctor visit in the last 12 months | ||||
No | 5117 | 16.2 | 1037 | 10.6 |
Yes | 26,683 | 83.8 | 8405 | 89.4 |
Smoking | ||||
No | 22,582 | 71.8 | 6868 | 74.3 |
Yes | 9218 | 28.2 | 2574 | 25.7 |
Dependent variables | ||||
Never had a CCS | ||||
Never | 5093 | 15.8 | 1526 | 15.0 |
Ever | 26,707 | 84.2 | 7916 | 85.0 |
Under-screening (subsample: CH: N = 25,680; BE: N = 7788) | ||||
Under-screening (overdue CCS) | 3581 | 13.0 | 1124 | 14.7 |
Up-to-date CCS (within the past 3 years) | 22,099 | 87.0 | 6664 | 85.3 |