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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Awareness, attendance, and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive Chinese women in Yunnan province: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics (N = 411)

N (%) or median (IQR)

Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics

Age (years)

41 (35–48)

 ≤ 30

39 (9.5)

 31–40

161 (39.2)

 41–50

133 (32.4)

 > 51

78 (19.0)

Marital status

 Single

16 (3.9)

 Divorced/widowed

152 (37.0)

 Married/cohabiting

243 (59.1)

Occupational status

 Employed

207 (50.4)

 Unemployed

204 (49.6)

Educationa

 ≤ Primary

141 (34.3)

 Secondary

227 (55.2)

 Tertiary

43 (10.5)

Annual household income (CNY)b

 < 30,000

275 (66.9)

 30,000–59,999

87 (21.2)

 ≥ 60,000

49 (11.9)

Health insurance

 UEBMI

44 (10.7)

 URBMI

91 (22.1)

 NRCMS

223 (54.3)

 Not covered by national schemes

53 (12.9)

Current smoker

 Yes

40 (9.7)

 No

371 (90.3)

Current use of contraception

 Yes

345 (83.9)

 No

66 (16.1)

Parity

 0

64 (15.6)

 1

197 (47.9)

 ≥ 2

150 (36.5)

Clinical characteristics related to HIV infection

Duration of ART (years)

 < 2

81 (19.7%)

 ≥ 2

258 (62.8%)

 No record

72 (17.5%)

Most recent CD4 count (cells/µL)

 < 500

151 (36.7%)

 ≥ 500

215 (52.3%)

 No record

45 (10.9%)

Most recent HIV VL (copies/mL)

 < 50

346 (84.2%)

 ≥ 50

15 (3.6%)

 No record

50 (12.2%)

  1. ART antiretroviral therapy, CD4 cluster of differentiation 4, CNY Chinese Yuan, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IQR interquartile range, NRCMS new rural cooperative medical scheme, UEBMI urban employee basic medical insurance, URBMI urban resident basic medical insurance, VL viral load
  2. a≤ Primary: indicates receiving no formal education or completing primary school;
  3. Secondary: indicates completing junior high school, senior high school, or secondary vocational school;
  4. Tertiary: indicates completing undergraduate education, postgraduate education, or tertiary vocational school
  5. bDuring 2019–2020, 1 CNY was equal to 0.145 USD