Table 5.
Estimates of the univariate pooled and dynamic RE panel probit breast cancer model
| Univariate pooled probit | Univariate RE panel probit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeff. | Robust SE | Coeff. | SE | |
| Breast cancer screening one year before (t-1) | 0.352*** | (0.053) | 0.108** | (0.049) |
| Breast cancer screening two years before (t-2) | 0.205*** | (0.046) | -0.018 | (0.048) |
| Breast cancer screening three years before (t-3) | 0.985*** | (0.047) | 0.790*** | (0.044) |
| Cervical cancer screening one year before (t-1) | 0.016 | (0.041) | 0.023 | (0.046) |
| Cervical cancer screening two years before (t-2) | -0.056 | (0.041) | -0.067 | (0.046) |
| Cervical cancer screening three years before (t-3) | 0.103*** | (0.038) | 0.103** | (0.044) |
| Breast cancer screening in 1992 | 0.092 | (0.065) | ||
| Breast cancer screening in 1993 | 0.037 | (0.065) | ||
| Breast cancer screening in 1994 | 0.173*** | (0.067) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening in 1992 | 0.018 | (0.051) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening in 1993 | 0.069 | (0.052) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening in 1994 | 0.021 | (0.055) | ||
| Averaged Total equivalised HH income/100 | -0.015 | (0.026) | ||
| Averaged Living with partner | 0.111 | (0.135) | ||
| Averaged Number of children in household | 0.027 | (0.065) | ||
| Averaged Secondary education (ISCED) | -0.586 | (0.423) | ||
| Averaged Tertiary education (ISCED) | -0.483 | (0.518) | ||
| Averaged employment status part-time or full-time | 0.378*** | (0.105) | ||
| Averaged GP visit during last 12 months | 0.409*** | (0.142) | ||
| Averaged Health status good | -0.018 | (0.128) | ||
| Averaged Health status fair | -0.002 | (0.151) | ||
| Averaged Health status poor | 0.189 | (0.248) | ||
| Averaged Health status very poor | -0.334 | (0.441) | ||
| Averaged status smoker | 0.100 | (0.141) | ||
| Averaged Moved residence within GreatBritain | -0.413 | (0.383) | ||
| Averaged age | 0.030*** | (0.004) | ||
| Total equivalised and deflated HH annual income | -0.009 | (0.011) | 0.004 | (0.015) |
| Living with partner | 0.087** | (0.044) | 0.031 | (0.116) |
| Number of children in household | -0.219*** | (0.036) | -0.141*** | (0.049) |
| Secondary education (ISCED) | -0.015 | (0.043) | 0.624 | (0.419) |
| Tertiary education (ISCED) | 0.011 | (0.048) | 0.561 | (0.511) |
| Employed part-time or full-time | -0.128*** | (0.041) | -0.212*** | (0.065) |
| GP visit during last 12 months | 0.250*** | (0.048) | 0.191*** | (0.058) |
| Health status good | 0.087* | (0.050) | 0.066 | (0.063) |
| Health status fair | 0.058 | (0.058) | 0.011 | (0.076) |
| Health status poor | 0.060 | (0.077) | 0.002 | (0.101) |
| Health status very poor | 0.002 | (0.133) | 0.031 | (0.152) |
| Status smoking | -0.133*** | (0.051) | -0.207* | (0.124) |
| Moved residence within Great Britain | -0.029 | (0.083) | 0.046 | (0.093) |
| Region Scotland | 0.001 | (0.070) | -0.001 | (0.088) |
| Region Wales | 0.074 | (0.074) | 0.156 | (0.097) |
| Ethnic non-white | -0.001 | (0.118) | 0.074 | (0.216) |
| Age between 50 and 64 | 0.628*** | (0.043) | 0.634*** | (0.046) |
| Age between 65 and 70 | -0.246*** | (0.092) | -0.687*** | (0.094) |
| Age 71 and older | -0.532*** | (0.080) | -1.154*** | (0.099) |
| Breast screening policy change | 0.407*** | (0.098) | 0.556* | (0.105) |
| Constant | -1.681*** | (0.086) | -3.746*** | (0.277) |
| σα | 0.363*** | (0.036) | ||
Source: BHPS. Balanced panels consisted for breast cancer screening of 844 women from 11,816 observations. Robust SEs are displayed in parentheses, to account for individual repeated observations in the panel. *p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01