Baseline characteristics of participants in the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) included in these analyses
| Characteristic | No. (%) of participants n = 1189* |
|---|---|
| Age at interview date, yr | |
| 21–34 | 271 (22.8) |
| 35–49 | 612 (51.5) |
| 50–70 | 306 (25.7) |
| Province of residence | |
| British Columbia | 291 (24.5) |
| Ontario | 604 (50.8) |
| Quebec | 294 (24.7) |
| Place of birth | |
| Canada | 748 (62.9) |
| Africa | 307 (25.8) |
| Caribbean | 62 (5.2) |
| Other | 72 (6.1) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Indigenous | 256 (21.5) |
| African, Caribbean or black | 371 (31.2) |
| White | 478 (40.2) |
| Other | 84 (7.1) |
| Size of city of residence | |
| Small (< 30 000 population) | 71 (6.0) |
| Medium (30 000–99 999 population) | 139 (11.7) |
| Large (≥ 100 000 population) | 979 (82.3) |
| Education level | |
| Less than high school or don’t know/prefer not to answer | 181 (15.2) |
| High school or higher | 1008 (84.8) |
| Household gross yearly income, Can$ | |
| < 20 000 | 738 (62.1) |
| ≥ 20 000 | 418 (35.2) |
| Smoking status | |
| Current/occasional smoker | 503 (42.3) |
| Former smoker | 140 (11.8) |
| Never smoked | 540 (45.4) |
| Injection drug use | |
| Current user | 99 (8.3) |
| Former user | 262 (22.0) |
| Never used | 808 (68.0) |
| Time since HIV diagnosis, yr | |
| < 6 | 298 (25.1) |
| 6–14 | 466 (39.2) |
| > 14 | 386 (32.5) |
| Received HIV medical care in the last year | 1129 (95.0) |
| Currently taking combination antiretroviral therapy | 981 (82.5) |
| Most recent HIV viral load was undetectable | 915 (77.0) |
| Answer to the question: “Did a doctor or a nurse ever discuss the need for regular Pap tests?” | |
| Yes | 880 (74.0) |
| No or don’t know | 309 (26.0) |
| Time since last Pap smear, yr | |
| < 1 | 815 (68.5) |
| 1 to < 3 | 211 (17.7) |
| 3 to < 5 | 57 (4.8) |
| ≥ 5 | 55 (4.6) |
| Never had a Pap smear | 51 (4.2) |
↵* Totals do not always add up to 1189 because of missing values.