Table 3.
Odds ratios of screening history (ever both screenings, ever some screening) by sociodemographic characteristics, Great Britain 2005-7*
| No in sample†: age 53-74 (n=1895) | No in sample†: ever both 53-74/ever some 53-74 (n=1578/1843) | Odds ratios (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever both mammogram and cervical smear v not both‡ (53-74) | Ever mammogram, cervical smear, or both v never either§ (53-74) | ||||||
| Age adjusted | Fully adjusted¶ | Age adjusted | Fully adjusted¶ | ||||
| Cars available to household | |||||||
| 0 | 462 | 349/436 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 1 | 950 | 791/928 | 1.64 | 1.31 (0.95 to 1.80) | 2.73 | 1.83 (0.98 to 3.41) | |
| ≥2 | 483 | 438/479 | 2.92 | 2.11 (1.34 to 3.34) | 5.11 | 3.21 (1.00 to 10.26) | |
| P value | 0.006 | 0.06 | |||||
| Housing tenure | |||||||
| Rents | 363 | 267/342 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Owns with mortgage | 377 | 334/373 | 2.32 | 1.60 (0.99 to 2.57) | 5.08 | 2.49 (0.62 to 10.06) | |
| Owns outright | 1155 | 977/1128 | 2.07 | 1.52 (1.09 to 2.12) | 2.80 | 1.51 (0.69 to 3.31) | |
| P value | 0.04 | 0.4 | |||||
| Highest level of education qualification | |||||||
| No qualifications | 902 | 720/866 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Below degree level (including other) | 800 | 685/786 | 1.45 | 1.17 (0.81 to 1.69) | 2.40 | 1.54 (0.67 to 3.54) | |
| Degree or equivalent | 193 | 173/191 | 2.64 | 2.13 (1.20 to 3.80) | 7.14 | 5.31 (1.06 to 26.70) | |
| P value | 0.04 | 0.1 | |||||
| National Statistics socioeconomic classification | |||||||
| Routine and manual occupations | 839 | 682/809 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Intermediate occupations | 459 | 386/452 | 1.20 | 0.90 (0.63 to 1.29) | 2.21 | 1.48 (0.50 to 4.35) | |
| Managerial and professional occupations | 538 | 464/526 | 1.52 | 0.98 (0.66 to 1.44) | 1.82 | 0.91 (0.39 to 2.12) | |
| Not classified | 59 | 46/56 | 0.62 | 0.68 (0.35 to 1.33) | 0.32 | 0.42 (0.12 to 1.42) | |
| P value | 0.7 | 0.4 | |||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Other | 119 | 95/110 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| White British | 1776 | 1483/1733 | 1.65 | 1.51 (0.86 to 2.66) | 4.11 | 3.01 (1.22 to 7.38) | |
| P value | 0.1 | 0.02 | |||||
| Region | |||||||
| North | 501 | 417/490 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Midlands and East Anglia | 506 | 428/486 | 1.26 | 1.21 (0.81 to 1.81) | 0.73 | 0.65 (0.28 to 1.48) | |
| London | 163 | 132/155 | 0.93 | 0.98 (0.61 to 1.57) | 0.53 | 0.67 (0.26 to 1.73) | |
| South East | 280 | 242/277 | 1.42 | 1.27 (0.82 to 1.97) | 2.01 | 1.50 (0.40 to 5.70) | |
| South West | 177 | 153/176 | 1.58 | 1.41 (0.81 to 2.44) | 7.19 | 5.55 (0.67 to 45.73) | |
| Wales | 71 | 55/70 | 0.82 | 0.76 (0.34 to 1.73) | 3.29 | 2.98 (0.39 to 22.92) | |
| Scotland | 197 | 151/189 | 0.79 | 0.85 (0.52 to 1.40) | 0.77 | 0.97 (0.39 to 2.40) | |
| P value | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||||
*35 women with missing values on sociodemographic variables omitted from analysis.
†Numbers refer to unweighted sample.
‡Compares women who have had both screening types with those who have had only one screening type or neither screening (that is, both screenings versus not both).
§Compares women who have had either or both screening types with those who have had neither screening (that is, some screening versus none).
¶Adjusted for age, cars, housing tenure, highest level of education, National Statistics socioeconomic classification, ethnic group, and region.