Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 18–24 | 251 | 48.4 |
| 25–44 | 206 | 39.7 |
| 45+ | 62 | 12.0 |
| Education | ||
| Less than high school | 115 | 22.2 |
| High school graduate | 249 | 48.0 |
| Post-high school | 155 | 29.9 |
| Income | ||
| <$10,000 | 213 | 41.0 |
| $10,000–$50,000 | 241 | 46.4 |
| $50,000+ | 18 | 3.5 |
| Unknown/not reported | 47 | 9.1 |
| Married | ||
| Yes | 173 | 33.3 |
| No | 343 | 66.1 |
| Unknown/not reported | 3 | 0.6 |
| Race | ||
| White | 499 | 96.2 |
| Othera | 20 | 3.8 |
| Employed | ||
| Yes | 240 | 46.2 |
| No | 277 | 53.4 |
| Unknown/not reported | 2 | 0.4 |
| Insurance | ||
| Private | 79 | 15.2 |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 140 | 27.0 |
| None | 296 | 57.0 |
| Unknown/not reported | 4 | 0.8 |
| How told | ||
| Call | 218 | 42.0 |
| Letter | 184 | 35.5 |
| Call and letter | 85 | 16.4 |
| Otherb | 29 | 5.6 |
| Unknown/not reported | 3 | 0.6 |
| Pap results | ||
| ASC-US | 217 | 41.8 |
| LSIL | 248 | 47.8 |
| ASC-H/HSIL | 54 | 10.4 |
| History of abnormal Pap test | ||
| Yes | 208 | 40.1 |
| No | 306 | 59.0 |
| Unknown/not reported | 5 | 1.0 |
| Transportation Issues | ||
| Yes | 79 | 15.2 |
| No | 440 | 84.8 |
a
Other race responses: 5 black/African American, 2 Hispanic, 1 Native Hawaiian, 1 biracial, and 11 unspecified.
b
Other how told responses: 18 visits to health department (HD), 4 participants called HD, 5 call from other than HD, 4 unspecified.
ASC-H, atypical squamous cells, cannot rule out a high-grade lesion; ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; HSIL, high-grade squamous epithelial lesion; LSIL, low-grade epithelial lesion.