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Table 1 Characteristics of all participants (N = 4389)

From: Associations between the signing status of family doctor contract services and cervical cancer screening behaviors: a cross-sectional study in Shenzhen, China

Variable

Number

Frequency (%)

Age (year)

 21–30

1505

34.3

 31–40

2013

45.9

 41–65

871

19.8

Ethnicity

 Han

4034

91.9

 Others

355

8.1

Local household registration

 Yes

568

12.9

 No

3821

87.1

Marital status

 Single/divorced/widow

547

12.5

 Married

3842

87.5

Education level

 Junior middle school or below

1853

42.2

 Senior middle school

1239

28.2

 College or above

1297

29.6

Occupation type

 Administrators/Professionals

780

17.8

 Workers

1460

33.3

 Business services personnel

671

15.3

 Housewife/ unemployed women

792

18.0

 Others

686

15.6

Monthly income (RMB)

  < 5,000

2470

56.3

 5,000–7999

1288

29.3

  ≥ 8000

631

14.4

Health insurance

 No

527

12.0

 Yes

3862

88.0

Age at sexual debut (year)

  < 18

470

10.7

 18–24

3104

70.7

  ≥ 25

815

18.6

The number of lifetime sexual partners

 1

3191

72.7

 2

743

16.9

  ≥ 3

455

10.4

Consistent condom use during sexual intercourse

 No

3585

81.7

 Yes

804

18.3

Parity

 0

600

13.7

 1

1390

31.7

 2

1937

44.1

  ≥ 3

462

10.5

Signing up with family doctors

 No

2004

45.7

 Yes

2385

54.3

The main reason for not signing up with family doctors a

 Never heard of FDCS

717

35.8

 Fear of hassles

145

7.2

 Thinking it useless

84

4.2

 Unknowing how to sign up with family doctors

459

22.9

 Other reasons

599

29.9

  1. aWomen who had signed up with family doctors were not required to answer this question