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. 2006 May 6;332(7549):1068–1072. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38805.473738.7C

Table 2.

Factors associated with support for law on cancer registration and not being concerned about invasion of privacy

Variable
No (%) in sample
Support for law on cancer registration
Not concerned about invasion of privacy
%(95% CI) support law P value Adjusted % (95% CI)* P value %(95% CI) not concerned P value Adjusted % (95% CI)* P value
Sex:
Male
1319 (46)
80 (77 to 83)
0.284


73 (70 to 76)
0.462


Female
1557 (54)
82 (80 to 84)

71 (68 to 74)

Age group:
16-44 1315 (46) 79 (76 to 82) 80 (76 to 84) 70 (67 to 73)
45-64 997 (35) 84 (81 to 86) 0.040 82 (77 to 86) 0.681 73 (70 to 77) 0.154
>65 564 (20) 82 (78 to 86) 81 (75 to 85) 74 (70 to 77)
Country:
England 2506 (87) 81 (79 to 83) 72 (70 to 75) 75 (71 to 78)
Wales 130 (5) 88 (80 to 94) 0.136 79 (71 to 86) 0.005 81 (72 to 87) 0.004
Scotland 240 (8) 77 (68 to 84) 62 (55 to 69) 65 (56 to 72)
Ethnicity:
White British
2532 (88)
82 (80 to 84)
0.049
80 (76 to 84)
0.293
73 (71 to 75)
<0.001
75 (71 to 78)
0.002
All other groups
335 (12)
76 (69 to 82)
76 (69 to 83)
63 (58 to 68)
66 (61 to 72)
Education:
Degree or higher 542 (19) 79 (74 to 82) 71 (67 to 75)
Below degree 1496 (52) 82 (79 to 85) 0.270 74 (71 to 77) 0.086
No qualifications 837 (29) 82 (78 to 85) 69 (65 to 73)
Socioeconomic status:
Managerial 988 (34) 81 (77 to 83) 80 (76 to 84) 74 (71 to 76) 75 (71 to 78)
Intermediate
588 (20)
85 (82 to 88)
0.002
85 (81 to 89)
0.023
79 (75 to 82)
<0.001
80 (75 to 84)
0.001
Manual
1060 (37)
82 (79 to 85)
83 (78 to 86)
69 (66 to 72)
71 (67 to 75)
Not classified 240 (8) 72 (63 to 79) 76 (67 to 83) 61 (54 to 68) 66 (58 to 73)
Housing tenure:
Owner occupier 2189 (76) 83 (81 to 85) 80 (76 to 84) 74 (71 to 76) 75 (71 to 78)
Rents from local authority or housing association
410 (14)
77 (72 to 82)
0.001
74 (66 to 80)
0.007
64 (60 to 69)
<0.001
68 (61 to 74)
0.019
Rents privately
275 (10)
74 (67 to 79)
73 (64 to 79)
67 (61 to 73)
71 (64 to 77)
Ever had cancer?:
No
2701 (94)
81 (79 to 83)
0.168


72 (70 to 74)
0.912


Yes
174 (6)
85 (79 to 90)

72 (64 to 78)

Member of immediate family ever had cancer?:
No or don't know
1578 (55)
80 (77 to 82)
0.023
80 (76 to 84)
0.154
70 (67 to 73)
0.034
75 (71 to 78)
0.100
Yes 1298 (45) 83 (81 to 85) 82 (78 to 86) 74 (71 to 77) 77 (74 to 81)
*

Adjusted for other variables in model; values adjusted to reference category.

Denominators were 2870 unweighted and 2873 weighted.

Denominators were 2862 unweighted and 2865 weighted.