Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of the Female Participants (n = 585).
| Pap Test Within 3 Years (n = 311) |
No Pap test Within 3 Years (n = 274) |
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| f | % | f | % | χ 2 | P | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age <40 years | 131 | 54.4 | 110 | 45.6 | 0.25 | .970 |
| Age 40+ years | 179 | 52.6 | 161 | 47.4 | ||
| Tongans | 50 | 31.4 | 109 | 68.6 | 41.35 | .000 |
| Samoans and Chamorros | 261 | 61.3 | 165 | 38.7 | ||
| Have health insurance | 275 | 60.4 | 180 | 39.6 | 44.78 | .000 |
| No insurance | 33 | 26.6 | 91 | 73.4 | ||
| Other language preferred | 35 | 42.2 | 48 | 57.8 | 8.56 | .073 |
| English or other language | 128 | 52.0 | 118 | 48.0 | ||
| English language preferred | 144 | 57.1 | 108 | 42.9 | ||
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| M | SD | M | SD | F | P | |
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| Number of years in marriage/ relationship |
16.81 | 11.72 | 17.42 | 12.50 | 0.549 | .359 |
| Cervical cancer knowledge (out of 11) |
4.72 | 3.00 | 5.62 | 2.66 | 13.82 | .000 |
| Fatalism (out of 5) | 0.90 | 1.06 | 1.52 | 1.32 | 35.46 | .000 |
| Social desirability score (0-10) | 6.89 | 2.15 | 6.46 | 2.18 | 5.66 | .018 |
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Women’s total perceived receipt of social support (α = .94) |
52.66 | 8.46 | 49.94 | 9.67 | 12.73 | .000 |
| Instrumental (α = .89) | 14.51 | 2.49 | 13.68 | 3.03 | 13.20 | .000 |
| Emotional (α = .93) | 11.09 | 1.76 | 10.55 | 2.21 | 10.44 | .001 |
| Informational (α = .83) | 13.12 | 2.77 | 12.44 | 2.98 | 7.93 | .005 |
| Appraisal (α = .84) | 10.48 | 2.14 | 9.89 | 2.25 | 11.55 | .001 |