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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for Pap smear uptake, among 96′883 women aged 25–64 in the European Health Interview Survey

From: Cervical cancer screening programs and their context-dependent effect on inequalities in screening uptake: a dynamic interplay between public health policy and welfare state redistribution

 

N(%)

No uptake %

Uptake %

Sig.c

Individual level

 Education

   

***

  low

21′904 (22.6)

37.7

62.3

 

  middle

43′274 (44.7)

24.3

75.7

 

  High

31′705 (32.7)

18.4

81.6

 

 Income

   

***

  1st quintile

17′374 (17.9)

34.4

65.6

 

  2nd quintile

17′530 (18.1)

28.0

72.0

 

  3rd quintile

19′092 (19.7)

24.4

75.6

 

  4th quintile

21′277 (22.0)

22.0

78.0

 

  5th quintile

21′610 (22.3)

20.3

79.7

 

Country level

 Screening strategy

   

***

  Opportunistic

29′695 (30.6)

17.5

82.5

 

  Regional/rollout

31′059 (32.1)

33.0

67.0

 

  Organized

36′129 (37.3)

25.4

74.6

 
 

Mean

S.D.

Min

Max

ATHa

0.135

2.668

−5.340

4.165

Decommodificationb

0.020

1.551

−3.020

3.554

  1. aAccess to healthcare; bWelfare state decommodification; cPearson Chi2
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001