Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants who have never and ever been screened for cervical cancer

Region

< 0.001

 Eastern

3111 (34.0)

1788 (31.3)

1323 (38.5)

 Central

2989 (32.7)

1784 (31.3)

1205 (35.0)

 Western

3044 (33.3)

2134 (37.4)

910 (26.5)

Area

0.088

 Urban

4520 (49.4)

2781 (48.7)

1739 (50.6)

 Rural

4624 (50.6)

2925 (51.3)

1699 (49.4)

Age group (y)

< 0.001

 20–24

875 (9.6)

805 (14.1)

70 (2.0)

 25–29

1238 (13.5)

965 (16.9)

273 (7.9)

 30–34

1283 (14.0)

785 (13.8)

498 (14.5)

 35–39

1177 (12.9)

635 (11.1)

542 (15.8)

 40–44

2111 (23.1)

1150 (20.2)

961 (28.0)

 45–49

2460 (26.9)

1366 (23.9)

1094 (31.8)

Occupation

< 0.001

 Managerial and technical staff

1583 (17.3)

875 (15.3)

708 (20.6)

 Commercial/service personnel

1557 (17.0)

962 (16.9)

595 (17.3)

 Workers or farmers

4196 (45.9)

2523 (44.2)

1673 (48.7)

 Students

285 (3.1)

266 (4.7)

19 (0.6)

 Unemployed

1197 (13.1)

876 (15.4)

321 (9.3)

 Others

326 (3.6)

204 (3.6)

122 (3.5)

Education level

< 0.001

 Primary school and below

1748 (19.1)

1240 (21.7)

508 (14.8)

 Middle school

3051 (33.4)

1810 (31.7)

1241 (36.1)

 Senior high school or equivalent

1876 (20.5)

1108 (19.4)

768 (22.3)

 College and above

2469 (27.0)

1548 (27.1)

921 (26.8)

Monthly family income (RMB)

< 0.001

 <3000

2438 (26.7)

1632 (28.6)

806 (23.4)

 3000–4999

2855 (31.2)

1810 (31.7)

1045 (30.4)

 5000–7999

2241 (24.5)

1333 (23.4)

908 (26.4)

 ≥8000

1610 (17.6)

931 (16.3)

679 (19.7)

Marital status

< 0.001

 Unmarried

1013 (11.1)

928 (16.3)

85 (2.5)

 Married

7784 (85.1)

4569 (80.1)

3215 (93.5)

 Divorced/Widowed/Others

347 (3.8)

209 (3.7)

138 (4.0)

Gravidity

< 0.001

 0

1292 (14.1)

1126 (19.7)

166 (4.8)

 1

2847 (31.1)

1633 (28.6)

1214 (35.3)

 2

2865 (31.3)

1665 (29.2)

1200 (34.9)

 ≥3

2140 (23.4)

1282 (22.5)

858 (25.0)

Age at menarche (years)

0.016

 <13

1256 (13.7)

822 (14.4)

434 (12.6)

 ≥13

7888 (86.3)

4884 (85.6)

3004 (87.4)