Table 4.
Descriptive characteristics for the balanced panels of breast and cervical cancer screening in Great Britain. Sample characteristics for the balanced sample of women from 1992 to 2008
| Health check-up | Frequency or mean/SD |
|---|---|
| Total equivalised and deflated HH annual income (mean/SD) | 3.10/(1.84) |
| Living with partner | 0.72 |
| Number of children in household (mean/SD) | 0.52/(0.92) |
| Secondary education (ISCED) | 0.42 |
| Tertiary education (ISCED) | 0.32 |
| Employed part-time or full-time | 0.52 |
| GP visit during last 12 months | 0.80 |
| Health status good | 0.47 |
| Health status fair | 0.23 |
| Health status poor | 0.07 |
| Health status very poor | 0.02 |
| Status smoking | 0.17 |
| Moved residence within Great Britain | 0.05 |
| Region Scotland | 0.08 |
| Region Wales | 0.05 |
| Ethnic non-white | 0.01 |
| Age (mean/SD) | 51.05/(15.57) |
Source: BHPS. Balanced panels consisted for breast cancer screening of 844 women from 11,816 observations