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Table 2 Participants characteristics by Pap test history ( N = 223)a

From: Sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge associated with previous screening for cervical cancer among women in western Jamaica

 

Ever had a Pap test

p-Valueb

Yes

No

N = 109 (48.9%)

N = 114 (51.1%)

Parish

0.048

 Hanover

16 (34.0)

31 (66.0)

 

 St. James

44 (55.7)

35 (44.3)

 

 Trelawny

19 (61.3)

12 (38.7)

 

 Westmoreland

30 (45.4)

36 (54.6)

 

Age (years)

 < 0.001

 18–29

18 (20.2)

71 (79.8)

 

 30–39

23 (67.7)

11 (32.3)

 

 40–49

22 (57.9)

16 (42.1)

 

 50 and older

46 (74.2)

16 (25.8)

 

Highest education level

0.404

 Primary or less

32 (55.2)

26 (44.8)

 

 Secondary

56 (47.9)

61 (52.1)

 

 College/technical/vocational/graduate

18 (41.9)

25 (58.1)

 

Employment status

0.003

 Employed

57 (60.6)

37 (39.4)

 

 Unemployed

49 (40.5)

72 (59.5)

 

Occupation

0.64

 Unskilled Worker

28 (58.3)

20 (41.7)

 

 Skilled worker/professional/business owner

29 (63.0)

17 (37.0)

 

Marital Status

0.287

 Single

65 (47.1)

73 (52.9)

 

 Married

19 (63.3)

11 (36.7)

 

 Cohabitating with Partner

19 (43.2)

25 (56.8)

 

 Otherc

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

 

Number of children

 < 0.001

 0

7 (12.7)

48 (87.3)

 

 1

19 (45.2)

23 (54.8)

 

 2 or more

83 (66.9)

41 (33.1)

 

Childcare needed while screening

0.055

 Yes

65 (55.1)

53 (44.9)

 

 No

43 (42.2)

59 (57.8)

 

Distance from the clinic

0.273

 30 min away or less

70 (46.4)

81 (53.6)

 

 More than 30 min away

38 (54.3)

32 (45.7)

 
  1. aNumbers may not always sum to total due to missing observations
  2. bP-values significant at the 0.05 threshold are bolded
  3. cIncludes: separated, divorced, and widowed