Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of women participating in the Dutch cervical cancer screening programme (N = 857,866), cohorts 2017 and 2018, by test type.
| All participants N = 857,866 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinician-collected (CC) | Self-sampling (SS) | ||
| N (% of total CC) | N (% of total SS) | P b | |
| Total N (all screened) | 799,740 | 58,126 | — |
| Screening historya | |||
| No cytology tests | 95,343 (11.9%) | 16,831 (29.0%) | <0.01 |
| 1+ cytology tests | 704,397 (88.1%) | 41,295 (71.0%) | |
| Invitation age | |||
| 30 years | 83,970 (10.5%) | 9,054 (15.6%) | <0.01 |
| 35 years | 91,729 (11.5%) | 7,370 (12.7%) | |
| 40 years | 106,364 (13.3%) | 7,008 (12.1%) | |
| 45 years | 125,069 (15.6%) | 7,720 (13.3%) | |
| 50 years | 139,472 (17.4%) | 8,594 (14.8%) | |
| 55 years | 136,968 (17.1%) | 9,398 (16.2%) | |
| 60 years | 116,168 (14.5%) | 8,982 (15.5%) | |
| Migration background | |||
| Dutch | 645,022 (80.7%) | 48,313 (83.1%) | <0.01 |
| Non-western, first generation | 65,903 (8.2%) | 2,549 (4.4%) | |
| Non-western, second generation | 15,419 (1.9%) | 1,636 (2.8%) | |
| Western, first generation | 35,822 (4.5%) | 2,438 (4.2%) | |
| Western, second generation | 37,574 (4.7%) | 3,190 (5.5%) | |
| Socioeconomic category (based on income source) | |||
| Employed | 634,139 (79.3%) | 45,186 (77.7%) | <0.01 |
| Not employed, social welfare | 102,247 (12.8%) | 8,289 (14.3%) | |
| Not employed, in education | 1,959 (0.2%) | 216 (0.4%) | |
| No income | 61,395 (7.7%) | 4,435 (7.6%) | |
| Number of people in the household | |||
| One person | 87,840 (11.0%) | 9,157 (15.8%) | <0.01 |
| Two people | 231,396 (28.9%) | 18,690 (32.2%) | |
| Three people | 172,662 (21.6%) | 11,448 (19.7%) | |
| Four people | 222,656 (27.8%) | 13,355 (23.0%) | |
| Five people | 67,388 (8.4%) | 4,261 (7.3%) | |
| Six or more people | 17,798 (2.2%) | 1,215 (2.1%) | |
| Standardized household income percentile | |||
| 1%–24% | 111,782 (14.0%) | 8,852 (15.2%) | <0.01 |
| 25%–49% | 152,813 (19.1%) | 11,684 (20.1%) | |
| 50%–74% | 229,678 (28.7%) | 16,423 (28.3%) | |
| 75%%–100% | 305,467 (38.2%) | 21,167 (36.4%) | |
| Screening region | |||
| Screening region 1 | 211,458 (26.4%) | 15,990 (27.5%) | <0.01 |
| Screening region 2 | 78,785 (9.9%) | 5,845 (10.1%) | |
| Screening region 3 | 156,603 (19.6%) | 10,846 (18.7%) | |
| Screening region 4 | 175,052 (21.9%) | 12,318 (21.2%) | |
| Screening region 5 | 177,842 (22.2%) | 13,127 (22.6%) | |
| Position in the household | |||
| Breadwinner without partner | 165,700 (20.3%) | 13,841 (23.8%) | <0.01 |
| Breadwinner with partner | 113,610 (14.2%) | 8,490 (14.6%) | |
| Married partner | 400,386 (50.1%) | 25,921 (44.6%) | |
| Unmarried partner | 108,993 (13.6%) | 8,294 (14.3%) | |
| Adult child | 7,907 (1.0%) | 1,066 (1.8%) | |
| Other household member | 6,144 (0.8%) | 514 (0.9%) | |
Note: P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
aNumber of cytology tests (including both those within the programme and those by indication) recorded in PALGA prior to screening, starting from January 1, 2008.
bPearson's chi-square test.