Table 5: Reasons of not having cervical smear and the plan for future cervical smear For subjects who had no regular smear group   H.K. N=55   Beijing N=61   p-value     Too expensive   6 (10.9%)   9 (14.8%)   0.59     No need   12 (21.8%)   18 (29.5%)   0.41     No Time   22 (40%)   22 (36.1%)   0.55 Reasons for not having regular smear and plan for having smear(n= 116)   Inconvenient clinic opening time   4 (7.3%)   1 (1.6%)   0.124   Don't know where to perform   7 (12.7%)   8 (13.1%)   0.99   Fear of embarrassment   19 (34.5%)   4 (6.6%)   0.00*     Fear of pain   13 (23.6%)   7 (11.5%)   0.068 Plan for cervical cancer   Have plan   27 (49.1%)   24 (39.3%)   0.18 screening in the coming   No plan   25 (45.5%)   18 (29.5%)     3 months   Missing   3 (5.5%)   19 (32.7%)