Table 2: Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among 12186 women ages 18-65 years, 2019 National Health Interview Survey.

 

Screening in the past 2 years

Screening in the past 2 years

Screening 2+ years ago

Screening 2+ years ago

Never had screening

Never had screening

P-value

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Characteristic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smoking status

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Currently smoker

919

52.9

572

32.9

245

14.1

 

Former smoker

1237

60.8

619

30.4

178

8.8

 

Never smoker

5098

64.1

1528

19.2

1326

16.7

 

Have cervical cancer

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Yes

89

58.6

60

39.5

3

2

 

No

7278

61.9

2694

22.9

1790

15.2

 

HPV test at recent screening

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Yes

3158

80.8

751

19.2

 

 

 

No

2944

67

1452

33

 

 

 

PAP test at recent screening

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Yes

7032

74

2473

26

 

 

 

No

252

53.5

219

46.5

 

 

 

Mean age in years (SD)

42.7

 

48.99

 

38.29

 

 

Age in decades

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

18-29 years

1339

58.8

233

10.2

707

31

 

30-39 years

1974

72.5

473

17.4

276

10.1

 

40-49 years

1576

66.3

538

22.6

264

11.1

 

50-59 years

1550

58.5

801

30.2

297

11.2

 

60 + years

936

49.3

711

37.5

251

13.2

 

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

White

4579

61.5

2025

27.2

844

11.3

 

Hispanic

1124

59.3

308

16.3

463

24.4

 

African-American

1034

67.9

245

16.1

243

16

 

Asian

426

60.2

100

14.1

182

25.7

 

AIAN

50

53.2

23

24.5

21

22.3

 

Educational level

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

High school or less

545

48.4

262

23.3

318

28.3

 

High school graduate

1339

55.1

584

24

507

20.9

 

Some college

2198

59.1

943

25.4

576

15.5

 

Bachelors’ degree

1999

70.4

586

20.6

256

9

 

Master +

1263

72.1

370

21.1

119

6.8

 

Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Poor or near poor 0 - $34,999

1741

52.6

823

24.8

749

22.6

 

Lower-Middle class $35,000 -$49,999

850

58.3

358

24.5

251

17.2

 

Middle class $50,000 - $99,999

2343

63.5

872

23.6

474

12.8

 

Upper Middle class >= $100,000

2441

70.4

703

20.3

321

9.3

 

Marital status

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Separated/Divorced

1292

58.8

670

30.5

235

10.7

 

Married

3741

65.7

1366

24

586

10.3

 

Single/Never married

2005

59.1

521

15.4

868

25.6

 

Widowed

203

49

153

37

58

14

 

Health insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Yes

6969

63.8

2432

22.2

1530

14

 

No

403

40.7

323

32.7

263

26.6

 

Health status

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001

Excellent

2053

66.2

556

17.9

493

15.9

 

Very good

2677

64.5

907

21.8

568

13.7

 

Good

1833

59.3

772

25

485

15.7

 

Fair

620

51.6

388

32.3

194

16.1

 

Poor

188

50.1

132

35.2

55

14.7