Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (n=22)
| N | |
| Age | |
| 25–29 years | 4 |
| 30–39 years | 14 |
| 40–49 years | 4 |
| Occupational social grade* | |
| AB (high) | 6 |
| C1 | 5 |
| C2 | 6 |
| DE (low) | 5 |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 9 |
| Married/civil partnership/cohabiting/engaged | 10 |
| Divorced | 3 |
| Working status | |
| Working (full-time or part-time) | 16 |
| Not working | 4 |
| Furloughed due to COVID-19 | 2 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Any White background | 11 |
| Mixed ethnic background | 3 |
| Asian background | 5 |
| Black background | 3 |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Heterosexual/straight | 16 |
| Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual | 5 |
| Prefer not to say | 1 |
| Educational level | |
| None/GCSE or equivalent | 9 |
| A Level or equivalent | 6 |
| Postgraduate diploma | 1 |
| University degree or higher | 6 |
| Last cervical screen | |
| Within the last 3 years | 17 |
| More than 3 years ago | 5 |
| Had the HPV vaccine? | |
| Yes, I have | 6 |
| No/don’t know | 16 |
| Heard of HPV before today? | |
| Yes, I have heard of it | 18 |
| No, I have not heard of it | 4 |
| Self-rated HPV knowledge | |
| Good/very good | 6 |
| Fair/poor/very poor | 16 |
*Occupational social grade is based on the occupation of the household’s chief income earner ’AB’ (higher and intermediate managerial, administrative and professional), ’C1’ (supervisory, clerical and junior managerial administrative and professional), ’C2’ (skilled manual workers), and ’DE’ (semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, and state pensioners, casual and lowest workers, unemployed with state benefits only).
GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; HPV, Human Papillomavirus.