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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2016 Oct 27;123(4):666–674. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30399

Table 2.

Reasons for being out of adherence with Pap test*

Reason N (%)
No insurance 143 (32.4)
Too busy 124 (28.0)
Cost 104 (23.5)
Too lazy 58 (13.1)
Doctor did not refer me for test 38 (8.6)
Too painful 15 (3.4)
No reason 81 (18.3)
Other** 89 (20.1)
*

More than one answer allowed

**

”Other” answers included: “I didn’t know I needed one; I feel healthy so don’t need one; too embarrassing; I never thought of having it”