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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by procedure group

From: Comparison of cervical cancer screening by self-sampling papillomavirus test versus pap-smear in underprivileged women in France

Variable and category

Total

Procedure group

p value

Control

Experimental

 

N = 687

N = 304

N = 383

Age

41.0

(SD 10.1)

39.7

(SD 9.9)

42.0

(SD 10.2)

0.004

Educational level (%)

      

0.81

Primary school or less

27.0

(183/678)

27.7

(83/300)

26.5

(100/378)

 

Secondary school

54.7

(371/678)

53.3

(160/300)

55.8

(211/378)

 

University

18.3

(124/678)

19.0

(57/300)

17.7

(67/378)

 

Time spent in France (%)

      

0.008

 < 3 months

32.5

(217/668)

33.4

(101/302)

31.7

(116/366)

 

3–12 months

30.5

(204/668)

35.4

(107/302)

26.5

(97/366)

 

 > 12 months

37.0

(247/668)

31.1

(94/302)

41.8

(153/366)

 

Employment (%)

27.4

(180/658)

19.1

(57/298)

34.2

(123/360)

 < 0.001

Migration status (%)

      

0.60

Documented

16.9

(113/669)

15.0

(45/301)

18.5

(68/368)

 

Undocumented

73.4

(491/669)

74.4

(224/301)

72.6

(267/368)

 

In the process of becoming legal

8.4

(56/669)

9.3

(28/301)

7.6

(28/368)

 

Unknown

1.3

(9/669)

1.3

(4/301)

1.4

(5/368)

 

Need for an interpreter (%)

40.3

(273/677)

33.6

(100/298)

45.6

(173/379)

0.001

Health coverage (%)

      

0.17

None

68.3

(457/669)

72.7

(218/300)

64.8

(239/369)

 

PUMa (French universal healthcare regime)

4.6

(31/669)

4.7

(14/300)

4.6

(17/369)

 

Top-off insurance

6.7

(45/669)

6.3

(19/300)

7.0

(26/369)

 

AME (healthcare social worker)

19.6

(131/669)

16.0

(48/300)

22.5

(83/369)

 

Other

0.7

(5/669)

0.3

(1/300)

1.1

(4/369)

 

Number of dependent children

1.1

(SD 1.3)

1.1

(SD 1.3)

1.1

(SD 1.2)

1.00

Screening test completion (%)

57.2

(393/687)

39.5

(120/304)

71.3

(273/383)

 < 0.001

Cytological abnormalities detected (%)

2.2

(15/687)

2.0

(6/304)

2.3

(9/383)

0.74