Table 3: Knowledge, attitude and risk perception on cervical smear screening programme of subjects in Hong Kong & Beijing N=299 Knowledge, attitude and risk perception on cervical smear screening programme   Hong Kong (%) N=155   Beijing (%) N=144   P-value Have you heard about cervical smear before?   Yes     125 (94%)     123 (85.4%)   0.001**     No     4 (3%)     21 (14.6%)         Missing     4 (3%)     0       Media of knowledge on cervical smear   Mass Media     71 (53%)     25 (17.4%)   0.000**     Friend/ Family     37 (27.8%)     21 (14.6%)   0.006**     Medical Staff     47 (35.3%)     75 (52.1%)   0.02* Knowledge score on risk factors and screening program of cervical cancer mean score (total score=11) (95% CI)         6.51 (6.19-6.82)     5.78 (5.47-6.09)   0.001* Perceived cost of cervical cancer screening   Expensive     49 (31.6%)     67 (46.5%)   0.012*     Appropriate/ cheap     103 (66.5%)     77 (53.5%)         Missing     3 (1.9%)     0       Perceived risk of cervical cancer   High risk     4 (2.6%)     39 (27.1%)   0.000**     Moderate/ low risk     149 (96%)     105 (72.9%)         Missing     2 (1.3%)     0       Preference of professionals to perform cervical smear   No preference     21 (13.5%)     12 (8.3%)   0.150     Male doctor     0       3 (2.1%)   0.071     Female doctor     130 (83.9%)     115 (79.9%)   0.368     Nurse practitioner     22 (14.2%)     27 (18.8%)   0.299