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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants based on procedure group: CASO and CAOA programmes only

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 = 497

N = 250

N = 247

Age

38.7

(SD 9.9)

38.6

(SD 9.8)

38.8

(SD 10.0)

0.83

Educational level (%)

      

0.81

Primary school or less

29.4

(144/490)

29.3

(72/246)

29.5

(72/244)

 

Secondary school

47.1

(231/490)

48.4

(119/246)

45.9

(112/244)

 

University

23.5

(115/490)

22.4

(55/246)

24.6

(60/244)

 

Time spent in France (%)

      

0.20

 < 3 months

43.2

(210/486)

39.9

(99/248)

46.6

(111/238)

 

3–12 months

37.0

(180/486)

40.7

(101/248)

33.2

(79/238)

 

 > 12 months

19.8

(96/486)

19.4

(48/248)

20.2

(48/238)

 

Employment (%)

13.6

(66/484)

12.1

(30/247)

15.2

(36/237)

0.33

Migration status (%)

      

0.89

Documented

16.6

(81/487)

15.8

(39/247)

17.5

(42/240)

 

Undocumented

71.7

(349/487)

72.1

(178/247)

71.2

(171/240)

 

In the process of becoming legal

10.3

(50/487)

10.9

(27/247)

9.6

(23/240)

 

Unknown

1.4

(7/487)

1.2

(3/247)

1.7

(4/240)

 

Need for an interpreter (%)

18.3

(89/487)

20.1

(49/244)

16.5

(40/243)

0.30

Health coverage (%)

      

0.20

None

83.8

(409/488)

82.6

(204/247)

85.1

(205/241)

 

PUMa (French universal healthcare regime)

3.5

(17/488)

4.0

(10/247)

2.9

(7/241)

 

Top-off insurance

4.7

(23/488)

3.6

(9/247)

5.8

(14/241)

 

AME (healthcare social worker)

7.2

(35/488)

9.3

(23/247)

5.0

(12/241)

 

Other

0.8

(4/488)

0.4

(1/247)

1.2

(3/241)

 

Number of dependent children

1.2

(SD 1.3)

1.1

(SD 1.3)

1.3

(SD 1.3)

0.31

Screening test completion (%)

57.3

(285/497)

38.8

(97/250)

76.1

(188/247)

 < 0.001

Cytological abnormalities detected (%)

1.8

(9/497)

1.6

(4/250)

2.0

(5/247)

0.72

  1. The estimates are expressed as mean with the standard deviation (SD) in parentheses or proportions with the absolute numbers between parentheses. The p values for the categorical and binary variables were calculated using Pearson’s chi-squared test. P values for the continuous variables were calculated using the two-sample t-test