Table 3.

Characteristics of the participants.

	Age	Socio-professional group	Marital status	Number of children	Home environment at the time of the examination	Age of their first pelvic examination (years old)
E1	27	Intermediate professiona	Common-law couple	1	Semi-rural	17
E2	28	Intermediate professiona	Married	1	Urban	20
E3	26	Intellectual professionb	Common-law couple	1	Urban	16
E4	24	Intermediate professiona	Single	0	Urban	16
E5	25	Employee	Common-law couple	0	Urban	18
E6	28	Intermediate professiona	Common-law couple	0	Semi-rural	14
E7	20	Student	Single	0	Urban	18
E8	26	Intellectual professionb	Single	0	Semi-rural	16
E9	28	Intermediate professiona	Common-law couple	1	Urban	14
E10	23	Student	Married	0	Rural	17
E11	22	Employee	Single	0	Urban	18
E12	26	Intermediate professiona	Common-law couple	0	Urban	16
E13	26	Intermediate professiona	Common-law couple	0	Urban	16

^aIntermediate profession: Teacher, Social worker, Foreman ….

^bIntellectual profession: Lawyer, Doctor, Professor, Engineer….