Table 1.
Sample description by cervical cancer screening status (current vs. not current).
| Total sample (n = 291) |
Current (n = 245) |
Not current (n = 46) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (continuous) | 28.5 | 29.1 | 25.3 | < 0.001 |
| Age (categorical) n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| 21–25 years old | 99 (34.0) | 69 (28.2) | 30 (65.2) | |
| 26–30 years old | 82 (28.2) | 73 (29.8) | 9 (19.6) | |
| 31–35 years old | 110 (37.8) | 103 (42.0) | 7 (15.2) | |
| Race n (%) | 0.004 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 66 (22.7) | 56 (22.9) | 10 (21.7) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 182 (62.5) | 160 (65.3) | 22 (47.8) | |
| Othera | 43 (14.8) | 29 (11.8) | 14 (30.4) | |
| Education n (%) | 0.112 | |||
| Some high school/high school graduate/GED | 35 (12.0) | 27 (11.0) | 8 (17.4) | |
| Some college/trade school/4-year degree | 154 (52.9) | 136 (55.5) | 18 (39.1) | |
| Some post-grad/graduate degree | 102 (35.1) | 82 (33.5) | 20 (43.5) | |
| HPV vaccine status n (%) | 0.497 | |||
| Received > = 1 dose | 97 (33.3) | 84 (34.3) | 13 (28.3) | |
| Never received HPV vaccine or unsure | 194 (66.7) | 161 (65.7) | 33 (71.7) | |
| Purpose of a Pap test n (%) | 0.317 | |||
| Incorrect | 104 (35.7) | 84 (34.3) | 20 (43.5) | |
| Partially correct | 110 (37.8) | 97 (39.6) | 13 (28.3) | |
| Correct | 77 (26.5) | 64 (26.1) | 13 (28.3) | |
| Pap recommendation awareness n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Aware | 132 (45.5) | 122 (50.0) | 10 (21.7) | |
| Unaware | 158 (54.5) | 122 (50.0) | 36 (78.3) | |
| Guideline comfort n (%) | 0.005 | |||
| Very uncomfortable | 63 (21.8) | 59 (24.2) | 4 (8.9) | |
| Somewhat uncomfortable | 61 (21.1) | 52 (21.3) | 9 (20.0) | |
| Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable | 51 (17.6) | 39 (16.0) | 12 (26.7) | |
| Somewhat comfortable | 39 (13.5) | 27 (11.1) | 12 (26.7) | |
| Very comfortable | 75 (26.0) | 67 (27.5) | 8 (17.8) |
Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) between those who were current and those who were not current for a Pap test.
Abbreviations: GED, General Educational Development; HPV, Human Papillomavirus; Pap, Papanicolaou.
a
“Other” category includes people who indicated “other” for their race, people who indicated multiple races, and Hispanics.