Table 6.
Estimates of the univariate pooled and dynamic RE panel probit cervical cancer model
| Univariate pooled probit | Univariate RE panel probit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeff. | Robust SE | Coeff. | SE | |
| Breast cancer screening one year before (t-1) | 0.046 | (0.048) | 0.010 | (0.050) |
| Breast cancer screening two years before (t-2) | 0.032 | (0.048) | 0.006 | (0.051) |
| Breast cancer screening three years before (t-3) | 0.205*** | (0.047) | 0.187*** | (0.050) |
| Cervical cancer screening one year before (t-1) | 0.423*** | (0.038) | 0.232*** | (0.039) |
| Cervical cancer screening two years before (t-2) | -0.109*** | (0.036) | -0.289*** | (0.039) |
| Cervical cancer screening three years before (t-3) | 0.729*** | (0.039) | 0.559*** | (0.036) |
| Breast cancer screening in 1992 | 0.204*** | (0.044) | ||
| Breast cancer screening in 1993 | 0.203*** | (0.044) | ||
| Breast cancer screening in 1994 | 0.132*** | (0.046) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening in 1992 | -0.010 | (0.072) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening in 1993 | -0.055 | (0.071) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening in 1994 | 0.239*** | (0.069) | ||
| Averaged total equivalised HH income/100 | 0.015 | (0.022) | ||
| Averaged living with partner | 0.058 | (0.107) | ||
| Averaged number of children in household | 0.020 | (0.046) | ||
| Averaged secondary education (ISCED) | -0.198 | (0.383) | ||
| Averaged tertiary education (ISCED) | -0.296 | (0.426) | ||
| Averaged employment status part-time or full-time | -0.051 | (0.093) | ||
| Averaged GP visit during last 12 months | -0.068 | (0.121) | ||
| Averaged health status good | -0.007 | (0.107) | ||
| Averaged health status fair | -0.109 | (0.136) | ||
| Averaged health status poor | 0.189 | (0.233) | ||
| Averaged health status very poor | 0.148 | (0.375) | ||
| Averaged status smoker | -0.135 | (0.118) | ||
| Averaged moved residence within Great Britain | 0.117 | (0.286) | ||
| Averaged age | -0.007* | (0.004) | ||
| Total equivalised and deflated HH annual income | 0.012 | (0.009) | 0.004 | (0.013) |
| Living with partner | 0.124*** | (0.046) | 0.099 | (0.086) |
| Number of children in household | 0.019 | (0.017) | -0.001 | (0.031) |
| Secondary education (ISCED) | 0.015 | (0.050) | 0.196 | (0.378) |
| Tertiary education (ISCED) | 0.063 | (0.053) | 0.324 | (0.418) |
| Employed part-time or full-time | 0.039 | (0.038) | 0.060 | (0.056) |
| GP visit during last 12 months | 0.378*** | (0.046) | 0.422*** | (0.048) |
| Health status good | -0.046 | (0.039) | -0.042 | (0.051) |
| Health status fair | -0.052 | (0.046) | -0.037 | (0.063) |
| Health status poor | -0.035 | (0.064) | -0.067 | (0.089) |
| Health status very poor | -0.140 | (0.106) | -0.258* | (0.145) |
| Status smoking | -0.025 | (0.063) | -0.056 | (0.070) |
| Moved residence within Great Britain | 0.037 | (0.045) | 0.137 | (0.100) |
| Region Scotland | 0.048 | (0.051) | 0.051 | (0.074) |
| Region Wales | -0.109 | (0.081) | -0.111 | (0.092) |
| Ethnic non-white | -0.200* | (0.109) | -0.272 | (0.187) |
| Age between 20 and 24 | 0.596*** | (0.143) | 0.543*** | (0.175) |
| Age between 25 and 49 | 0.453*** | (0.065) | 0.414*** | (0.092) |
| Age between 50 and 64 | 0.191*** | (0.055) | 0.208*** | (0.068) |
| Age 65 and older | -0.747*** | (0.069) | -0.763*** | (0.085) |
| Cervical screening policy change | -0.072* | (0.041) | -0.114* | (0.045) |
| Constant | -1.818*** | (0.087) | -1.532*** | (0.266) |
| σα | 0.349*** | (0.031) | ||
Source: BHPS. Balanced panels consisted for cervical 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