Table 1.

Frequencies and correlations between age, education and cervical screening attendance

		Attendees (N = 310), n (%)	Non-attendees (N = 69), n (%)	Attendance	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Age			0.08	–
	18–27	49 (15.8)	1 (1.4)
	27–37	169 (54.5)	51 (73.9)
	38–47	43 (13.9)	0 (0)
	48–57	49 (15.8)	17 (24.6)
2	Education			−0.22**	−0.51**	–
	No formal education	2 (0.6)	0 (0)
	Secondary	165 (53.2)	17 (24.6)
	Tertiary and above	143 (46.1)	52 (75.4)
3	Incomea			0.23**	−0.43**	0.24**	–
	Under $9999	3 (1)	8 (11.6)
	$10,000–19,999	66 (21.3)	16 (23.2)
	$20,000–29,999	111 (35.8)	28 (40.6)
	$30,000–39,999	44 (14.2)	16 (23.2)
	Over $40,000	86 (27.7)	1 (1.4)
4	Health status			−0.08	0.32**	−0.36**	−0.32**	–
	Healthy	216 (69.7)	35 (50.7)
	Average	73 (23.5)	34 (49.3)
	Not healthy	21 (6.8)	0 (0)
5	Control over health			0.23**	0.05	−0.02	−0.23**	0.50**	–
	Yes	237 (76.5)	34 (49.3)
	No	73 (23.5)	35 (50.7)
6	Concern about family/relatives’ health			−0.120*	−0.05	0.16**	0.13*	−0.002	−0.004	–
	Yes	299 (96.5)	62 (89.9)
	No	11 (3.5)	7 (10.1)
7	Influenced by family/relatives’ health, mean (SD)			0.03	0.41**	−0.58**	−0.53**	0.41**	0.33**	−0.18**	–
	Yes	156 (50.3)	32 (46.4)
	No	154 (49.7)	37 (53.6)
8	General knowledge	9.66 (1.06)	8.26 (2.21)	0.29**	−0.27**	0.14**	0.50	−0.37**	−0.26**	−0.15**	−0.40**
9	Knowledge of risk factors	5.97 (1.99)	4.88 (1.30)	−0.29**	−0.31**	0.02	−0.64**	−0.08	0.16**	−0.04	−0.20**	0.143**

Notes:

^aHong Kong dollars;

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.