Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Screening Characteristics of Survey Sample
Characteristic | Routine screeners n = 161 | Nonroutine screeners n = 64 | Total n = 225 | p valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 43 ± 11 | 37 ± 12 | 41 ± 12 | <0.01 |
White (%) | 90 | 81 | 87 | 0.04 |
Black | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
Asian | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Native American | 0 | 2 | <1 | |
Other | 4 | 8 | 5 | |
College graduate (%) | 82 | 61 | 76 | <0.01 |
Employment status (%) | 0.19 | |||
Full-time | 74 | 63 | 71 | |
Part-time | 11 | 13 | 12 | |
Unemployed | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
Student | 7 | 16 | 10 | |
Relationship status (%) | 0.10 | |||
Single | 22 | 36 | 26 | |
Casually dating 1 woman | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
Casually dating >1 woman | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
Seriously dating 1 woman | 11 | 6 | 9 | |
Committed to 1 woman | 61 | 47 | 57 | |
States represented (n) | 34 | 41 | – | |
Census regions (%) | ||||
West | 21 | 8 | 17 | 0.06 |
Midwest | 22 | 18 | 21 | |
South | 38 | 53 | 42 | |
Northeast | 17 | 15 | 16 | |
Not reported | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
Source of payment for medical care (%) | 0.09 | |||
Private/commercial | 40 | 36 | 38 | |
HMO/managed | 38 | 21 | 34 | |
Medical assistance | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Self–pay | 9 | 21 | 12 | |
Other | 12 | 19 | 14 | |
Most recent Pap test (%) | – | |||
<12 months | 80 | – | 57 | |
12–24 months | 20 | – | 14 | |
>24–36 months | – | 31 | 9 | |
>36 months | – | 47 | 13 | |
Never | – | 22 | 6 |
p values from t test, chi–square test, or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.