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. 2010 Feb;19(2):229–237. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1393

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  
a

p values from t test, chi–square test, or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.

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