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Table 1 Characteristics of employed women and female undergraduate students

From: Effect of an educational intervention on HPV knowledge and vaccine attitudes among urban employed women and female undergraduate students in China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Employed women (n, %)

Undergraduate students (n, %)

Total participants (N)

1146

557

Age (years, mean ± SD)

37.0 ± 10.0

20.4 ± 1.2

Age at menarche (years, mean ± SD)

13.6 ± 13.0

13.1 ± 1.3

Education level

  < High school

408 (35.6)

-

  ≥ Some college

703 (61.3)

-

University grade*

  Lower classmen

-

385 (69.1)

  Upper classmen

-

163 (29.3)

Number of lifetime sexual partners

  1

668 (58.3)

-

  ≥2

87 (7.6)

-

Contraceptive method

  None

520 (45.3)

-

  Condoms (barrier method)

438 (38.2)

-

Undergoes regular gynecologic exam

  Yes

868 (75.7)

-

  No

178 (15.5)

-

History of genital tract infections

  Yes

408 (35.6)

-

  No

524 (45.7)

-

Obstetric history

  Nulliparous

425 (37.1)

-

  1 live birth

664 (57.9)

-

  ≥ 2 live births

57 (5.0)

-

Regions

  North/Beijing

245 (21.4)

197 (35.4)

  East/Hangzhou

248 (21.6)

64 (11.5)

  Central/Changsha

229 (20.0)

33 (5.9)

  Southwest/Chengdu

176 (15.4)

67 (12.0)

  South/Guangzhou

248 (21.6)

196 (35.2)

  1. *Underclassmen refers to first- and second-year undergraduate students, upperclassmen refers to third- and fourth-year undergraduate students.