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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Knowledge of cervical cancer and attendance at cervical cancer screening: a survey of Black women in London

 

Whole sample (n = 876)

Screen eligible (n = 652)

 

N

%*

N

%*

Marital status

    

  Single

417

47.6

295

45.1

  Married

214

24.4

184

28.4

  Cohabiting

95

10.8

77

11.8

  Divorced/separated/widowed

106

12.1

94

14.4

Education

    

  Low level

131

15.0

100

15.3

  Medium level

240

27.4

162

24.8

  High level

436

49.8

348

53.4

  Other

30

3.4

25

3.8

Ethnicity

    

  Caribbean

488

55.7

380

58.3

  African

216

24.7

166

25.5

  Mixed white and Black Caribbean

39

4.5

33

5.1

  Mixed white and Black African

25

2.9

20

3.1

  Any other Black background

33

3.8

28

4.3

  Other mixed background

13

1.5

9

1.4

  Other

18

2.1

11

1.7

Birthplace

    

  UK-born and parents UK-born

83

9.5

46

7.1

  UK-born, 1 parent UK-born

204

23.3

159

24.4

  UK born, no parents UK-born

244

27.9

205

31.4

  Not UK-born

275

31.4

221

33.9

Year moved to UK

    

  1956-1972

49

5.5

35

5.4

  1973-1990

69

7.9

62

9.5

  1991-2002

95

10.8

77

11.8

  2003-2013

44

5.0

34

5.2

Religion

    

  Christian

678

77.4

498

76.4

  Muslim

27

3.1

23

3.5

  No religion

103

11.8

84

12.9

  Other

27

3.1

25

3.8

Religious service attendance

    

  Rarely or never

238

27.2

181

27.8

  Few times a year

239

27.3

180

27.6

  1-3 times a month

103

11.8

75

11.5

  At least once a week

251

28.7

192

29.4

Smoking Status

    

  I have never smoked

508

58.0

379

58.1

  I used to smoke

210

24.0

162

24.8

  I currently smoke

137

15.6

101

15.5

  1. *Unaccounted percentage is missing data.