Table 2.
Age-adjusted participation in mass cervical cancer screening by country of origin (includes only women invited to mass screening).
| Total Women (n = 2579) | Russian (n = 816) | Somali (n = 523) | Kurdish (n = 451) | Finns (n = 789) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass screening participation Invited, participated |
% | 95% CI 1 | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||
| 63.3 | 59.9–66.6 | 18.9 | 16.4–21.6 | 68.9 | 66.6–71.1 | 66.6 | 63.3–69.8 | ||||||
| Variable/description | % | OR 2 (95%CI) | p | % | OR (95%CI) | p | % | OR (95%CI) | p | % | OR (95%CI) | p | |
| Age | |||||||||||||
| 30–39 | 60.1 | 1.00 | 0.120 | 16.8 | 1.00 | 0.027 | 63.9 | 1.00 | <0.001 | 62.2 | 1.00 | 0.001 | |
| 40–49 | 67.0 | 1.35 (0.93–1.96) | 23.1 | 1.49 (1.03–2.16) | 74.4 | 1.64 (1.30–2.06) | 67.5 | 1.26 (0.86–1.85) | |||||
| 50–64 | 68.4 | 1.44 (1.00–2.07) | 14.7 | 0.85 (0.53–1.37) | 67.5 | 1.17 (0.89–1.54) | 76.3 | 1.96 (1.35–2.83) | |||||
| Education 3 | |||||||||||||
| Upper secondary/less | 57.9 | 1.00 | 0.023 | 19.4 | 1.00 | 0.300 | 66.1 | 1.00 | 0.002 | 57.4 | 1.00 | 0.005 | |
| High school or more | 67.6 | 1.52 (1.06–2.17) | 15.9 | 0.78 (0.50–1.24) | 73.3 | 1.41 (1.13–1.76) | 71.3 | 1.87 (1.20–2.89) | |||||
| Marital status | |||||||||||||
| Other/unknown | 64.6 | 1.00 | 0.612 | 19.3 | 1.00 | 0.736 | 61.0 | 1.00 | <0.001 | 69.3 | 1.00 | 0.848 | |
| Married/in a civil union | 66.3 | 1.08 (0.80–1.46) | 18.4 | 0.94 (0.66–1.34) | 70.9 | 1.57 (1.24–1.99) | 69.9 | 1.03 (0.76–1.40) | |||||
| Employment status | |||||||||||||
| Employed | 66.9 | 1.00 | 0.195 | 22.7 | 1.00 | 0.001 | 74.0 | 1.00 | 0.001 | 70.8 | 1.00 | 0.399 | |
| Childcare at home | 62.0 | 0.80 (0.42–1.54) | 27.4 | 1.28 (0.64–2.56) | 75.5 | 1.08 (0.7–1.68) | 71.3 | 1.02 (0.29–3.63) | |||||
| Student | 65.7 | 0.95 (0.48–1.88) | 9.9 | 0.37 (0.22–0.62) | 65.9 | 0.68 (0.48–0.95) | 51.1 | 0.42 (0.15–1.18) | |||||
| Retired | 44.1 | 0.39 (0.17–0.87) | 23.6 | 1.05 (0.48–2.31) | 60.6 | 0.54 (0.37–0.78) | 66.2 | 0.81 (0.42–1.56) | |||||
| Unemployed/unknown | 66.0 | 0.96 (0.67–1.37) | 20.7 | 0.89 (0.56–1.39) | 65.4 | 0.66 (0.51–0.86) | 64.3 | 0.74 (0.43–1.26) | |||||
| Year of migration | |||||||||||||
| 1970–1997 | 68.0 | 1.00 | 0.129 | 16.3 | 1.00 | 0.013 | 67.4 | 1.00 | 0.358 | ||||
| 1998–2007 | 62.6 | 0.79 (0.58–1.07) | 23.2 | 1.56 (1.10–2.21) | 69.6 | 1.11 (0.89–1.38) | |||||||
| Had moved from one municipality to another | Na 4 | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 60.0 | 1.00 | 0.495 | 26.2 | 1.00 | 0.371 | 55.9 | 1.00 | 0.008 | ||||
| No | 65.8 | 1.28 (0.63–2.63) | 18.5 | 0.64 (0.24–1.72) | 69.3 | 1.79 (1.16–2.75) | |||||||
| Had stayed abroad for over one-year 5 |
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| Yes | 45.2 | 1.00 | 0.076 | 15.8 | 1.00 | 0.560 | 60.9 | 1.00 | 0.097 | 33.4 | 1.00 | 0.005 | |
| No | 66.0 | 2.36 (0.91–6.09) | 18.9 | 1.24 (0.60–2.57) | 69.3 | 1.46 (0.93–2.27) | 70.4 | 4.86 (1.62–14.57) | |||||
| Number of births given in Finland | |||||||||||||
| None | 63.6 | 1.00 | 0.249 | 24.2 | 1.00 | 0.045 | 68.7 | 1.00 | 0.342 | 70.0 | 1.00 | 0.974 | |
| 1–2 births | 68.9 | 1.27 (0.88–1.83) | 20.6 | 0.81 (0.46–1.42) | 69.9 | 1.04 (0.80–1.35) | 69.2 | 0.96 (0.68–1.36) | |||||
| 3 births or more | 56.9 | 0.75 (0.32–1.76) | 15.6 | 0.57 (0.36–0.92) | 64.7 | 0.83 (0.59–1.17) | 69.2 | 0.96 (0.57–1.6) | |||||
| Number of abortions in Finland | |||||||||||||
| None | 64.9 | 1.00 | 0.455 | 18.9 | 1.00 | 0.736 | 68.4 | 1.00 | 0.636 | 70.1 | 1.00 | 0.491 | |
| 1 or more | 68.3 | 1.17 (0.78–1.75) | 17.2 | 0.90 (0.47–1.70) | 69.6 | 1.06 (0.84–1.33) | 67.2 | 0.87 (0.59–1.29) | |||||
| Hospital care in Finland 6 | |||||||||||||
| None | 55.0 | 1.00 | 0.010 | 14.9 | 1.00 | 0.061 | 41.5 | 1.00 | <0.001 | 62.4 | 1.00 | 0.025 | |
| Pregnancy/birth- related care |
70.5 | 1.97 (1.29–3.02) | 16.7 | 1.15 (0.50–2.66) | 71.1 | 3.54 (1.92–6.53) | 66.8 | 1.21 (0.73–2.02) | |||||
| Other gynecological reason | 71.7 | 2.09 (1.13–3.86) | 27.9 | 2.23 (0.88–5.70) | 67.7 | 3.01 (1.49–6.08) | 82.0 | 2.77 (1.40–5.49) | |||||
| Other reason | 62.7 | 1.38 (0.89–2.14) | 22.9 | 1.71 (0.69–4.24) | 65.3 | 2.70 (1.42–5.13) | 70.5 | 1.45 (0.87–2.41) | |||||
1 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; 2 OR = odds ratio; 3 high school education registered in Finland; 4 Na = not available; 5 had stayed abroad between the years 2008–201; 6 Hospital care in Finland = inpatient or outpatient care in secondary or tertiary health care for the specified reasons.