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Table 4 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population from Zala county according to participation in cervical screening within three years

From: General practitioners can increase participation in cervical cancer screening – a model program in Hungary

Characteristics

Participating in screening (n = 546)

Non-participating in screening (n = 88)

p-value

Age

43.87 (11.88)

51.44 (11.17)

*p<0.001

Household equivalent monthly income (Euro)

442.32 (188.83)

386.82 (170.75)

*p = 0.021

Employed

69.9

46.4

**p<0.001

Education

  

**p = 0.006

 primary education

8.3

19.8

 

 secondary education without final examination

23.1

24.4

 

 secondary education with final examination

30.3

25.6

 

 post-secondary education without diploma

11.4

14.0

 

 college or university degree

27.0

16.3

 
  1. Numbers are mean (SD) or percentages. * independent samples t-test; ** chi-square test