Table 4. Perceptions of cervical cancer screening among medical students (N = 1878).

			Males (n = 595)		Females (n = 1260)		P
Questions	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Would you like to receive or recommend cervical cancer screening? a							<0.001
Yes	1311	71.2	308	53.6	988	79.4
No/I don't know	530	28.8	267	46.5	257	20.6
What techniques are you aware of for cervical cancer screening (multiple responses)? b
Pap smear	584	31.6	170	28.7	414	32.9	0.067
HPV DNA	761	41.1	226	38.1	535	42.5	0.072
VIA/VILI	491	26.5	134	22.6	357	28.4	0.009
Unknown	766	41.4	268	45.2	498	39.6
When should women start screening? c							<0.001
20 years	772	41.9	234	40	538	42.8
25 years	589	32	154	26.3	435	34.6
30 years	225	12.2	84	14.4	141	11.2
35 years	108	5.9	45	7.7	63	5
Unknown	124	6.7	60	10.3	64	5.1
Others	23	1.2	8	1.4	15	1.2
How often should women have cervical cancer screening? d							0.104
Every 1 year	903	49.2	271	46.4	632	50.5
Every 2–4 years	773	42.1	258	44.2	515	41.2
Every 5–9 years	128	7	40	6.8	88	7
Every over 10 years	31	1.7	15	2.6	16	1.3
How much do you think is reasonable for cervical cancer screening for one occasion (RMB)? e #							<0.001
<10	285	15.5	139	24	146	11.6
10–49	651	35.5	178	30.8	473	37.6
50–99	581	31.7	159	27.5	422	33.6
100–249	232	12.6	71	12.3	161	12.8
150–199	74	4	22	3.8	52	4.1
200 or above	12	0.7	9	1.6	3	0.2

^{a, b, c, d, e}25, 4, 14, 20, and 20 students, respectively, did not answer these questions.

^agender data were missing for 22 students who answered these question;

^{b, c, d, e}gender data were missing for 23 students who answered these questions;

^#1 RMB equals to 0.16 US dollars.