Table 2.
Sample characteristics for the balanced panels of different health check-ups in the UK
| Health check-up | Breast cancer screening | Cervical cancer screening | Blood pressure check | Cholesterol test | Dental screening | Eyesight test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health check-up in actual period t | 0.139 | 0.204 | 0.512 | 0.195 | 0.576 | 0.344 |
| Health check-up in 1992 | 0.150 | 0.295 | 0.419 | 0.095 | 0.492 | 0.227 |
| Health check-up in 1993 | 0.144 | 0.296 | 0.421 | 0.112 | 0.506 | 0.238 |
| Health check-up in 1994 | 0.127 | 0.296 | 0.425 | 0.100 | 0.528 | 0.217 |
| Health check-up 1 year before (t−1) | 0.137 | 0.213 | 0.500 | 0.178 | 0.572 | 0.329 |
| Health check-up 2 years before (t−2) | 0.136 | 0.222 | 0.488 | 0.164 | 0.562 | 0.316 |
| Health check-up 3 years before (t−3) | 0.135 | 0.231 | 0.475 | 0.149 | 0.558 | 0.303 |
| HH income (mean/SD) | 3.134/1.857 | 3.124 (1.862) | 3.062 (1.819) | 3.158 (1.900) | 2.856 (1.762) | 2.812 (1.823) |
| Living with partner | 0.727 | 0.732 | 0.760 | 0.768 | 0.735 | 0.735 |
| Number of children in HH (mean/ SD) | 0.531/0.919 | 0.526 (0.916) | 0.540 (0.927) | 0.547 (0.926) | 0.545 (0.948) | 0.601 (0.984) |
| Secondary education (ISCED) | 0.430 | 0.433 | 0.424 | 0.427 | 0.399 | 0.434 |
| Tertiary education (ISCED) | 0.324 | 0.320 | 0.338 | 0.349 | 0.306 | 0.274 |
| Employed | 0.524 | 0.522 | 0.562 | 0.588 | 0.504 | 0.520 |
| GP visit during past 12 months | 0.810 | 0.811 | 0.765 | 0.756 | 0.764 | 0.747 |
| Health status self-rated good | 0.477 | 0.482 | 0.475 | 0.479 | 0.479 | 0.462 |
| Health status self-rated fair | 0.236 | 0.237 | 0.238 | 0.233 | 0.254 | 0.248 |
| Health status self-rated poor | 0.072 | 0.072 | 0.070 | 0.068 | 0.083 | 0.080 |
| Health status self-rated very poor | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.024 | 0.023 |
| Smoking | 0.164 | 0.166 | 0.176 | 0.172 | 0.215 | 0.221 |
| Moved residence | 0.049 | 0.048 | 0.053 | 0.054 | 0.050 | 0.056 |
| Scotland | 0.080 | 0.078 | 0.079 | 0.076 | 0.090 | 0.077 |
| Wales | 0.052 | 0.052 | 0.050 | 0.051 | 0.045 | 0.064 |
| Ethnic origin non-white | 0.012 | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.011 | 0.015 |
| Age (mean/SD) | 52.51/15.29 | 52.62 (15.27) | 52.35 (15.65) | 51.83 (15.37) | 53.58 (15.67) | 52.08 (15.90) |
| Female sex | 0.593 | 0.567 | 0.575 | 0.544 | ||
| Health problem blood pressure | 0.232 | 0.221 | ||||
| Health problem diabetes | 0.049 | 0.045 | 0.069 | |||
| Health problem sight | 0.049 |
GP, general practitioner; HH, household; ISCED, International Standard Classification of Education.