Table 2.
Odds ratios of screening history (ever mammogram, ever cervical smear) by sociodemographic characteristics, Great Britain 2005-7*
| No in sample†: age 53-74/40-74 (n=1895/3148) | No in sample†: ever mammogram 53-74/ever cervical smear 40-74 (n=1754/2851) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever v never mammogram (age 53-74) | Ever v never cervical smear (age 40-74) | |||||||
| Age adjusted | Fully adjusted‡ | Age adjusted | Fully adjusted‡ | |||||
| Cars available to household | ||||||||
| 0 | 462/674 | 403/575 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | 950/1459 | 888/1307 | 2.30 | 1.67 (1.06 to 2.62) | 1.39 | 1.03 (0.72 to 1.46) | ||
| ≥2 | 483/1015 | 463/969 | 3.92 | 2.65 (1.34 to 5.26) | 2.58 | 1.61 (0.97 to 2.67) | ||
| P value | 0.01 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Housing tenure | ||||||||
| Rents | 363/664 | 307/574 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Owns with mortgage | 377/1128 | 357/1069 | 3.10 | 2.12 (1.12 to 4.00) | 2.30 | 1.35 (0.87 to 2.10) | ||
| Owns outright | 1155/1356 | 1090/1208 | 3.04 | 2.19 (1.39 to 3.43) | 1.90 | 1.25 (0.89 to 1.77) | ||
| P value | 0.002 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Highest level of education qualification | ||||||||
| No qualifications | 902/1117 | 823/955 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Below degree level (including other) | 800/1569 | 749/1459 | 1.37 | 1.00 (0.61 to 1.62) | 2.00 | 1.48 (1.03 to 2.14) | ||
| Degree or equivalent | 193/462 | 182/437 | 2.29 | 1.58 (0.70 to 3.60) | 2.42 | 1.78 (1.01 to 3.13) | ||
| P value | 0.5 | 0.06 | ||||||
| National Statistics socioeconomic classification | ||||||||
| Routine and manual occupations | 839/1259 | 771/1102 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Intermediate occupations | 459/739 | 424/686 | 0.99 | 0.71 (0.42 to 1.18) | 1.92 | 1.51 (1.03 to 2.20) | ||
| Managerial and professional occupations | 538/1038 | 506/967 | 1.55 | 0.97 (0.56 to 1.68) | 1.83 | 1.24 (0.83 to 1.85) | ||
| Not classified | 59/112 | 53/96 | 0.43 | 0.46 (0.17 to 1.25) | 0.51 | 0.69 (0.37 to 1.28) | ||
| P value | 0.3 | 0.06 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Other | 119/259 | 105/222 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| White British | 1776/2889 | 1649/2629 | 1.74 | 1.29 (0.62 to 2.67) | 2.62 | 2.20 (1.41 to 3.42) | ||
| P value | 0.5 | 0.0005 | ||||||
| Region | ||||||||
| North | 501/829 | 464/759 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Midlands and East Anglia | 506/845 | 466/766 | 1.10 | 1.00 (0.57 to 1.74) | 0.95 | 0.95 (0.66 to 1.38) | ||
| London | 163/300 | 145/264 | 0.74 | 0.78 (0.40 to 1.51) | 0.55 | 0.71 (0.46 to 1.12) | ||
| South East | 280/443 | 265/412 | 1.42 | 1.22 (0.63 to 2.35) | 1.42 | 1.28 (0.76 to 2.17) | ||
| South West | 177/284 | 170/261 | 2.80 | 2.37 (0.97 to 5.78) | 1.15 | 1.06 (0.64 to 1.77) | ||
| Wales | 71/125 | 66/110 | 1.50 | 1.25 (0.48 to 3.22) | 0.74 | 0.77 (0.35 to 1.70) | ||
| Scotland | 197/322 | 178/279 | 0.98 | 1.07 (0.60 to 1.93) | 0.67 | 0.73 (0.44 to 1.19) | ||
| P value | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||
*35 women with missing values on sociodemographic variables omitted from analysis.
†Numbers refer to unweighted sample.
‡Adjusted for age, cars, housing tenure, highest level of education, National Statistics socioeconomic classification, ethnic group, and region.