Skip to main content

Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics

From: Barriers to cervical screening among older women from hard-to-reach groups: a qualitative study in England

 

Group 1 (n = 4)

Group 2 (n = 4)

Group 3 (n = 6)

Group 4 (n = 6)

Group 5 (n = 9)

Group 6 (n = 9)a

Age (mean, range)

56 (51–59)

59 (54–65)

55 (49–60)

51 (50–54)

57 (50–67)

61 (50–67)

Marital status

 Single

2

3

0

0

5

0

 Married/cohabiting

1

1

4

3

2

7

 Divorced separated/widowed

1

0

2

3

2

1

Employmentb

 Employed full-time

1

0

0

0

0

0

 Employed part-time

2

1

1

1

1

0

 Unemployed

0

0

5

3

4

4

 Full-time homemaker

1

0

0

1

1

0

 Retired

0

2

0

0

0

3

 Student

0

1

0

0

0

0

 Too ill to work

0

0

0

1

3

0

Educationb

 No formal qualifications

0

1

0

0

2

3

 Secondary school level

3

2

5

4

6

0

 University degree

1

1

1

1

0

1

 Other

0

0

0

1

1

2

Ethnicityb

 White British

3

2

1

0

0

0

 Black African

0

1

0

4

7

0

 Black Caribbean

1

1

0

0

0

0

 White & Black African

0

0

0

2

0

0

 Pakistani

0

0

2

0

2

0

 Bangladeshi

0

0

1

0

0

7

Have you ever had cervical screening?

 Yes

4

4

5

6

7

7

 No/Don’t know

0

0

1

0

2

1

How long ago was your last test?

 Less than 5 years ago

1

1

4

3

5

4

 More than 5 years ago/don’t know

3

3

2

3

4

4

Next time you are invited for a test do you think you will go for it?

 Yes

3

0

1

1

4

7

 No/Don’t know

1

4

5

5

5

1

  1. a One participant did not complete the questionnaire
  2. b Total n < 37 because some questions were unanswered