Table 1.
Characteristics of participants by HPV awareness (N=543)
| All women N=543 |
HPV awareness |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=254) | No (n=289 ) | P | ||
| Age | 30.7 ± 6.88 | 31.3 ± 7.02 | 30.1 ± 6.72 | .035* |
| Time in the U.S. (years) | 6.5 ± 4.38 | 6.0 ± 4.05 | 6.9 ± 4.61 | .016* |
| Education (years) | 8.8 ± 3.18 | 9.2 ± 3.27 | 8.4 ± 3.05 | .003* |
| Number of children | 2.3 ± 1.37 | 2.3 ± 1.44 | 2.3 ± 1.30 | 0.895 |
| Monthly household Income | $1,749 ± 935 | 1,792 ± 899 | 1,711 ± 966 | 0.319 |
| Having health insurance | 38 (7.0%) | 22 (8.7%) | 16 (5.5%) | 0.179 |
| Usual source of care | .002* | |||
| Private clinic/doctor’s office | 83 (15.4%) | 46 (18.3%) | 37 (12.9%) | |
| Public clinic | 377 (69.9%) | 161 (63.9%) | 216 (75.3%) | |
| Emergency room | 11 (2.0%) | 8 (3.2%) | 3 (1.0%) | |
| Multiple sources | 17 (3.2%) | 14 (5.6%) | 3 (1.0%) | |
| Do not go | 51 (9.5%) | 23 (9.1%) | 28 (9.8%) | |
| Having a Pap smear within the last year |
418 (77.3%) | 205 (80.7%) | 213 (74.2%) | 0.072 |
| Reason for last Pap smear | 0.741 | |||
| Regular check-up | 402 (76.3%) | 188 (75.5%) | 214 (77.0%) | |
| Check on a problem | 70 (13.3%) | 36 (14.5%) | 34 (12.2%) | |
| Other | 55 (10.4%) | 25 (10.0%) | 30 (10.8%) | |
| Knowing someone close who has survived cancer |
96 (17.7%) | 55 (21.7%) | 41 (14.2%) | .023* |
| Knowing someone close who has died of cancer |
175 (32.2%) | 101 (39.8%) | 74 (25.6%) | <.0001* |
Values are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%)
t-test for continuous variables and Pearson χ2 for categorical variables.
*
statistical significance with a P≤.05