Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics.

	African-Caribbean (n)	Indian (n)	Pakistani (n)	White British (n)	Total n (%)
Mean age	35	43	41	39	40
(range)	(20–58)	(20–59)	(31–56)	(26–55)	(20–59)
Born in UK
Yes	10	2	3	15	30 (42.9)
No	6	17	17	1	41 (58.1)
Country of education
UK	10	1	4	16	28 (43.1)
Outside UK	3	18	15	0	33 (50.8)
Both	3	0	1	0	4 (6.2)
Age left full-time education
15 and under	5	1	2	3	11 (15.5)
16–18	6	7	8	12	33 (46.5)
19 and over	5	10	9	1	25 (35.2)
Missing	0	1	1	0	2 (2.8)
Marital status
Married/living with partner	2	15	15	12	44 (62)
Single	12	2	3	3	20 (28.2)
Divorced/separated/widowed	2	2	2	1	7 (9.8)
Ever attended a smear test
Yes	16	17	18	15	66 (93.0)
No	0	2	2	1	5 (7.0)
Total interviewed sample	16	19	20	16	71