Table 2.
Main reason and other reasons for not having had a Pap test
| Reasons | Returned a self-sample and a questionnaire (n = 746)d | Returned a questionnaire but not a self-sample (n = 126)e | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main reason (n = 553)b | Other reasons | Main reasonb(n = 92) | Others reasons(n = 126)c | |||||||||||
| Overall | Never-screened | Screened <5 years | Under-screened | |||||||||||
| (n = 553)a | (n = 144) | (n = 122) | (n = 281) | (n = 746)c | ᅟ | ᅟ | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| 1. I don’t think I need a Pap test | 43 | 7.8 | 20 | 13.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 19 | 6.8 | 85 | 11.4 | 4 | 4.4 | 15 | 11.9 |
| 2. I don’t know if or when I should have a Pap test | 19 | 3.4 | 10 | 6.9 | 7 | 5.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 57 | 7.6 | 2 | 2.2 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 3. I am not having sex | 33 | 6.0 | 17 | 11.8 | 5 | 4.1 | 11 | 3.9 | 94 | 12.6 | 4 | 4.4 | 12 | 9.5 |
| 4. I have never had sex | 39 | 7.1 | 35 | 24.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.1 | 25 | 3.4 | 11 | 11.9 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 5. I have had a hysterectomy | 39 | 7.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.5 | 32 | 11.4 | 28 | 3.8 | 40 | 43.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 6. A Pap test from a doctor is embarrassing | 97 | 17.5 | 28 | 19.4 | 23 | 18.9 | 45 | 16.0 | 167 | 22.4 | 5 | 5.4 | 16 | 12.7 |
| 7. A Pap test from a doctor is painful or uncomfortable | 58 | 10.5 | 10 | 6.9 | 13 | 10.7 | 34 | 12.1 | 111 | 14.9 | 5 | 5.4 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 8. I have had a bad experience in the past having a Pap test | 32 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.3 | 26 | 9.3 | 71 | 9.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 9. I don’t feel comfortable asking for a Pap test from my doctor | 25 | 4.5 | 8 | 5.6 | 4 | 3.3 | 12 | 4.3 | 125 | 16.7 | 2 | 2.2 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 10. My doctor has not suggested a Pap test | 21 | 3.8 | 4 | 2.8 | 2 | 1.6 | 15 | 5.3 | 97 | 13.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 13 | 10.3 |
| 11. It is hard to find the time to have a Pap test | 75 | 13.6 | 3 | 2.1 | 30 | 24.6 | 42 | 14.9 | 93 | 12.5 | 9 | 9.8 | 8 | 6.4 |
| 12. It is hard to find the right doctor or get an appointment | 33 | 6.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 11 | 9.0 | 20 | 7.1 | 102 | 13.7 | 3 | 3.3 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 13. It is hard to travel to an appointment | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 5 | 1.8 | 32 | 4.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 14. It is too expensive to have a Pap test | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 1.4 | 25 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15. I have not received a reminder letter to have a Pap test | 27 | 4.9 | 4 | 2.8 | 13 | 10.7 | 10 | 3.6 | 73 | 9.8 | 3 | 3.3 | 5 | 4.0 |
| 16. I don’t think Pap test results are accurate enough | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 15 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.8 |
aThe overall includes never-screened (n = 144), under-screened (n = 281), screened in the last 5 years (n = 122) and unsure/don’t know (n = 6)
bSingle response question where women were asked to give one main reason
cMultiple response question where women were asked to give up to three other reasons
dOf the 746 women who returned a self-sample and a questionnaire, 131 (17.5 %) did not provide a main reason and 62 (8.3 %) provided more than one main reason that was included with the other reasons as we were unable to determine the main reason
eOf the 126 women who did not return a self-sample but returned a questionnaire, 31 (24.6 %) did not provide a main reason and 3 (2.4 %) provided more than one main reason that was included with the other reasons as we were unable to determine the main reason