Table 3.
Time since most recent Pap test among women ages 18–29 years by demographic characteristics, NHIS, 2010 (n = 1,622)
| Time since most recent Pap | P (χ2) | ≤12 mo
|
13–24 mo
|
25–36 moa
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | ||
| Age, y | 0.057 | ||||||
| 18–29 | 1182 | 73.1 (70.4–75.6) | 317 | 19.3 (17.0–21.9) | 123 | 7.6 (6.3–9.2) | |
| 18–21 | 270 | 78.3 (72.5–83.1) | 56 | 15.8 (11.6–21.2) | b | ||
| 22–25 | 445 | 74.7 (70.1–78.8) | 110 | 18.4 (14.6–23.0) | 41 | 6.9 (4.8–9.7) | |
| 26–29 | 467 | 68.0 (63.5–72.1) | 151 | 22.6 (19.0–26.5) | 57 | 9.5 (6.9–12.8) | |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.052 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 584 | 72.4 (68.6–75.9) | 161 | 20.2 (17.0–23.8) | 59 | 7.4 (5.7–9.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 254 | 78.6 (72.4–83.7) | 58 | 16.2 (11.9–21.7) | b | ||
| Asian | 54 | 66.8 (52.2–78.8) | b | b | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 285 | 71.7 (66.5–76.5) | 75 | 17.7 (14.0–22.1) | 39 | 10.6 (7.3–15.0) | |
| Otherc | b | b | b | ||||
| Education | 0.167 | ||||||
| <High school | 146 | 69.5 (61.7–76.3) | 51 | 19.5 (14.3–26.1) | b | ||
| High school graduate | 273 | 69.0 (63.0–74.4) | 76 | 22.3 (17.4–28.1) | b | ||
| Some college | 474 | 76.9 (72.2–80.6) | 105 | 15.9 (12.7–19.7) | 47 | 7.2 (5.2–9.8) | |
| College graduate | 289 | 72.4 (65.9–78.1) | 84 | 21.7 (16.6–27.7) | b | ||
| % Poverty level | 0.666 | ||||||
| <200% | 735 | 73.9 (70.3–77.3) | 200 | 19.5 (16.4–23.0) | 72 | 6.6 (5.0–8.6) | |
| 200%–<400% | 234 | 71.9 (64.9–77.9) | 62 | 20.1 (14.8–26.7) | b | ||
| ≥400% | 213 | 72.3 (65.4–78.3) | 55 | 18.2 (13.2–24.7) | b | ||
| Marital status | 0.426 | ||||||
| Never married | 611 | 73.5 (69.2–77.3) | 162 | 18.6 (15.4–22.4) | 69 | 7.9 (5.9–10.5) | |
| Married/living with partner | 511 | 73.0 (68.7–76.8) | 139 | 20.4 (17.0–24.1) | 45 | 6.7 (4.8–9.2) | |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 59 | 68.7 (53.8–80.5) | b | b | |||
| Healthcare coverage | 0.072 | ||||||
| Private only | 361 | 73.3 (68.1–77.8) | 91 | 18.3 (14.3–23.1) | 39 | 8.4 (5.8–12.2) | |
| Public onlyd | 299 | 78.5 (72.4–83.6) | 56 | 16.5 (11.8–22.6) | b | ||
| Both private and public | 291 | 75.3 (69.9–79.9) | 74 | 18.4 (14.4–23.2) | b | ||
| None | 228 | 66.6 (60.8–72.0) | 93 | 22.7 (18.1–27.9) | 41 | 10.7 (7.7–14.7) | |
| Usual source of healthcare | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 978 | 75.8 (72.9–78.6) | 237 | 18.0 (15.5–20.9) | 75 | 6.2 (4.8–7.8) | |
| No | 203 | 61.5 (55.1–67.6) | 80 | 24.8 (19.2–31.3) | 48 | 13.7 (9.9–18.5) | |
| Ever heard of HPV | 0.366 | ||||||
| Yes | 962 | 73.9 (70.8–76.7) | 243 | 18.6 (16.0–21.5) | 97 | 7.5 (6.1–9.3) | |
| No | 216 | 69.0 (62.6–74.8) | 74 | 23.0 (17.8–29.2) | b | ||
| HPV vaccine status | 0.606 | ||||||
| Vaccinated | 220 | 75.6 (68.6–81.5) | 52 | 17.9 (12.6–24.9) | b | ||
| Not vaccinated | 950 | 72.5 (69.6–75.2) | 260 | 19.6 (17.2–22.3) | 106 | 7.9 (6.3–9.9) | |
| Ever given birth to a live born infant | 0.238 | ||||||
| Yes | 565 | 70.2 (66.0–74.1) | 162 | 21.5 (18.0–25.5) | 61 | 8.2 (6.1–11.0) | |
| No | 616 | 75.1 (71.3–78.6) | 155 | 17.7 (14.7–21.2) | 62 | 7.2 (5.4–9.4) | |
| Currently taking birth controle | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 534 | 82.5 (79.1–85.4) | 100 | 13.4 (10.8–16.5) | 32 | 4.1 (2.7–6.1) | |
| No | 642 | 65.9 (62.1–69.5) | 214 | 23.7 (20.3–27.4) | 91 | 10.4 (8.5–12.8) | |
| Doctor recommended most recent Pap testf | 0.043 | ||||||
| Yes | 618 | 73.2 (69.2–76.9) | 168 | 20.3 (17.0–24.1) | 57 | 6.4 (4.7–8.7) | |
| No | 555 | 74.0 (70.0–77.6) | 142 | 18.2 (15.2–21.7) | 55 | 7.8 (5.9–10.3) | |
NOTE: Includes all women who report ever having a Pap test, excludes women reporting hysterectomy, women who report an abnormal Pap in last 3 years, and women who reported their last Pap was not part of a regular screening exam.
Does not include responses “more than 3 years but not more than 5 years”; “over 5 years” because this study sample excludes women who reported an abnormal Pap in the last 3 years, thereby excluding women who report most recent Pap > 3 year ago. “Refused” and “don’t know” excluded from analysis.
Estimates are considered statistically unreliable and are suppressed if the cell size is based on fewer than 30 sample cases.
“Other” = non-Hispanic all other race groups.
Medicare, Medicaid (Military defined as private).
Pills, implants, shots.
“Did not see a doctor on the past 12 months” included in analysis, but suppressed in this table.