Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants by country of origin: weighted and age-adjusted proportions (%) or means and standard deviations (SD) among women who responded to the question of Pap test participation N/A = Not applicable (Question was not asked)

Characteristics		Total n of respondents	RUSSIAN (n=291) n(%)		SOMALI (n=132) n(%)		KURDISH (n=197) n(%)
Socio-demographic category
Age: Mean (SD)		620	42.3 (10.4)		39.3 (9.1)		38.4 (8.5)
High school in any country		618	249	87.0	16	14.4	79	42.0
Literacy in Finnish / Swedish		596	254	90.7	76	71.3	152	79.8
Married or common law partnership		617	191	62.7	97	75.8	153	75.4
Main Religion	Christian for Russians	617	202	72.6	130	99.2	150	75.1
	Islam for Somali & Kurdish
Number of family members: Mean (SD)		620	2.54 (1.1)		5.37 (2.8)		3.75 (1.6)
Employment status	Housewife	616	30	13.5	48	42.7	33	18.2
	Employed	616	189	62.8	46	30.4	96	48.8
Living outside of the metropolitan area of Finland		620	187	81.0	94	89.7	116	55.0
Immigration category
Age of migration: Mean (SD)		618	30.2 (10.7)		27.6 (9.8)		26.8 (8.8)
Living in Finland for ten years or longer		618	188	63.4	81	68.7	122	61.6
Has had discrimination experience		620	291	40.0	132	17.0	197	39.0
Health care services category
Pap test taken (previous five years)		620	219	73.9	40	34.7	121	61.3
At least one general health check-up (previous five years)		616	261	92.2	69	57.7	152	77.2
At least one gynecological check-up (previous five years)		616	213	73.8	34	30.5	97	50.1
Distrust in public health care services		614	123	41.1	26	23.7	53	27.4
Health category
Very good or good self-rated health status		620	166	64.4	104	78.8	111	58.3
Has ever given birth		608	235	74.6	111	89.9	180	90.9
Has had female genital mutilation (FGM)		309	N/A		93	79.0	67	36.0
Has experienced problems due to FGM		155	N/A		16	21.8	22	33.6