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Table 2 Answers by age group on how easy or difficult it had been to perform self-sampling

From: Elderly women’s experiences of self-sampling for HPV testing

Age group years (n)

Very easy n (%)

Easy n (%)

Not easy n (%)

No answer n (%)

60 (227)

121

(53.3)

101

(44.5)

2

(0.9)

3

(1.3)

65 (233)

124

(53.2)

103

(44.2)

4

(1.7)

2

(0.9)

70 (218)

105

(48.2)

100

(45.9)

6

(2.8)

7

(3.2)

75 (190)

77

(40.5)

102

(53.7)

6

(3.2)

5

(2.6)

Total (868)

427

(49.2)

406

(46.8)

18

(2.0)

17

(2.0)

  1. *There were no significant differences in the answers between age groups (p = 0.104)