Table 1.
Participant characteristics (n = 3672).
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (median) | 44.0 (Range: 25–64) | |
| Region | ||
| North England | 1055 | 28.7 |
| South England | 1531 | 41.7 |
| The Midlands and East of England | 1086 | 29.6 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Any White background | 3284 | 89.4 |
| Mixed/Multiple background | 68 | 1.9 |
| Asian/Asian British background | 207 | 5.6 |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British background | 73 | 2.0 |
| Other Ethnic background | 14 | 0.4 |
| Prefer not to say | 26 | 0.7 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Single | 840 | 22.9 |
| Married, civil partnership or cohabiting | 2315 | 63.0 |
| In a relationship but not living together | 148 | 4.0 |
| Divorced or separated | 302 | 8.2 |
| Widowed | 51 | 1.4 |
| Other | 3 | 0.1 |
| Prefer not to say | 13 | 0.4 |
| Sexual Orientation | ||
| Heterosexual/Straight | 3427 | 93.3 |
| Gay or Lesbian | 79 | 2.2 |
| Bisexual | 106 | 2.9 |
| Other | 20 | 0.5 |
| Prefer not to say | 40 | 1.1 |
| HPV Vaccination Status | ||
| Yes, had the vaccine | 389 | 10.6 |
| No, declined the offer of a vaccine | 84 | 2.3 |
| No, not offered the vaccine | 2855 | 77.7 |
| Don’t know | 330 | 9.0 |
| Prefer not to say | 14 | 0.4 |
| Education | ||
| No qualifications | 71 | 1.9 |
| GCSEs or equivalent | 893 | 24.3 |
| AS, A-Level or equivalent | 942 | 25.7 |
| Degree or above | 1764 | 48.0 |
| Prefer not to say | 2 | 0.1 |
| Occupational social grade | ||
| A – higher managerial occupations | 197 | 5.4 |
| B – intermediate managerial occupations | 802 | 21.8 |
| C1 – supervisory/junior managerial occupations | 1045 | 28.5 |
| C2 – skilled manual workers | 715 | 19.5 |
| D – semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers | 538 | 14.6 |
| E – state pensioners, low-grade workers, unemployed | 375 | 10.2 |
| Economic Stress (ability to make ends meet) | ||
| With great difficulty | 217 | 5.9 |
| With moderate difficulty | 332 | 9.0 |
| With some difficulty | 852 | 23.2 |
| Fairly easily | 1178 | 32.1 |
| Easily | 586 | 16.0 |
| Very easily | 431 | 11.7 |
| Prefer not to say | 76 | 2.1 |
| Subjective Social Status (n = 3637; possible range 1–10)) | M = 5.3, SD = 1.7 | |
| Previous cervical screening attendance | ||
| I have always attended when invited (within 6 months) | 2333 | 63.5 |
| I have attended before but have sometimes delayed or missed my screening appointment | 892 | 24.3 |
| I have been invited but have never attended | 351 | 9.6 |
| I have never been invited for cervical screening | 83 | 2.3 |
| Prefer not to say | 13 | 0.3 |
| Future screening intentions (will you go when next invited?) | ||
| Yes, definitely | 2586 | 70.4 |
| Yes, probably | 551 | 15.0 |
| No probably not | 261 | 7.1 |
| No, definitely not | 118 | 3.2 |
| Don't know | 151 | 4.1 |
| Prefer not to say | 5 | 0.2 |
| Previous follow-up to a cervical screening result A | ||
| No | 2667 | 72.6 |
| Yes | 937 | 25.5 |
| Don’t know | 61 | 1.7 |
| Prefer not to say | 7 | 0.2 |
| Previous experience of using self-tests | ||
| No | 591 | 16.1 |
| Prefer not to say | 4 | 0.1 |
| Yes | 3077 | 83.8 |
| Pregnancy test B | 2341 | 63.8 |
| Urine test B | 628 | 17.1 |
| Vaginal swab B | 369 | 10.0 |
| Glucose tests for diabetes B | 416 | 11.3 |
| Blood test B | 367 | 10.0 |
| Covid-19 infection test B | 1528 | 41.6 |
| Covid-19 antibody test B | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bowel screening test B | 329 | 9.0 |
| Other test B | 6 | 0.2 |
A
Yes responses included: repeat screening because of an inadequate test; screening test sooner than usual; colposcopy at a hospital clinic; biopsy or treatment for abnormal cell; invited for a repeat test but did not attend.
B
Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total sample size (n = 3672).