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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in intervention and control groups

From: Effect of a community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among Pakistani and Somali women in Norway

Intervention group

Intervention group

Control group

P-value

n

1554

9266

 

Age, mean (SD)

41.2 (11.3)

40.9 (11.2)

0.27

Born in Norway, n (%)

371 (23.9)

1838 (19.8)

< 0.001

Age when arrived in Norwaya, mean (SD)

21.2 (9.6)

21.3 (9.4)

0.85

Years since arrived in Norwaya, mean (SD)

22.4 (10.1)

22.2 (11.0)

0.58

Country of origin, n (%)

 Somalia

431 (27.7)

2958 (31.9)

 

 Pakistan

1123 (72.3)

6308 (68.1)

0.001

Marital status, n (%)

 Unmarried

259 (16.7)

1808 (19.5)

 

 Married/Partner

1009 (64.9)

5435 (58.7)

 

 Divorced/Separated

245 (15.8)

1701 (18.4)

 

 Widow

41 (2.6)

322 (3.5)

< 0.001

Education, n (%)

 Primary

606 (39.0)

4013 (43.3)

 

 High school or vocational school

309 (19.9)

1881 (20.3)

 

 College/University

406 (26.1)

1776 (19.2)

 

 Missing

233 (15.0)

1596 (17.2)

< 0.001

Income quartile in 2016

 Q1: (0–50,000 NOK)

257 (16.5)

2319 (25.0)

 

 Q2: (50,000 NOK - 420,000 NOK)

337 (21.7)

2128 (23.0)

 

 Q3: (420,000 NOK – 770,000 NOK)

449 (28.9)

2443 (26.4)

 

 Q4: > 770,000 NOK

511 (32.9)

2376 (25.6)

< 0.001

Female GP, n (%)

1037 (66.9)

5713 (61.7)

< 0.001

Age of GP, n (%)

50.6 (9.7)

49.6 (10.0)

< 0.001

Country of origin for GP, n (%)

 Norway

948 (61.2)

3632 (39.2)

 

 European country

228 (14.7)

1550 (16.8)

 

 Non-European country

374 (24.1)

4073 (44.0)

< 0.001

Screened at least once the last 4 years, n (%)

713 (45.9)

4088 (44.1)

0.2

  1. aOnly calculated for those who were not born in Norway