Table 2.
Reading cervical screening information (women only): descriptive statistics, adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in the multivariable ordinal logistic regression model
| Amount read of the cervical screening leaflet: n (%)/M (SD) | Adjusted OR, 95% CI | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None of it | Some of it | About half of it | Most of it | All of it | Total | Read more of the leaflet | ||
| Characteristic | (n = 94; 16.9%) | (n = 108; 19.4%) | (n = 34; 6.1%) | (n = 106; 19.1%) | (n = 214; 38.5%) | (n = 556) | (i.e. any amount more) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White British | 85 (19.5) | 84 (19.3) | 19 (4.4) | 78 (17.9) | 169 (38.9) | 435 | 0.79, 0.53 to 1.18 | .248 |
| vs. Other ethnic groups | 9 (7.4) | 24 (19.8) | 15 (12.4) | 28 (23.1) | 45 (37.2) | 121 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married or living as a couple | 61 (16.1) | 73 (19.3) | 25 (6.6) | 70 (18.5) | 150 (39.6) | 379 | 1.11, 0.79 to 1.56 | .558 |
| vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated | 33 (18.6) | 35 (19.8) | 9 (5.1) | 36 (20.3) | 64 (36.2) | 177 | ||
| Highest level of education | Overall: .850 | |||||||
| No formal qualifications | 14 (19.4) | 12 (16.7) | 4 (5.6) | 15 (20.8) | 27 (37.5) | 72 | 0.92, 0.52 to 1.64 | .784 |
| Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3 | 51 (17.2) | 57 (19.3) | 19 (6.4) | 55 (18.6) | 114 (38.5) | 296 | 1.06, 0.73 to 1.53 | .770 |
| vs. Approximately Level 4 | 29 (15.4) | 39 (20.7) | 11 (5.9) | 36 (19.1) | 73 (38.8) | 188 | ||
| Social class grade | Overall: .142 | |||||||
| Grade A or B | 20 (15.4) | 29 (22.3) | 6 (4.6) | 22 (16.9) | 53 (40.8) | 130 | 0.77, 0.47 to 1.26 | .297 |
| Grade C1 or C2 | 52 (18.1) | 59 (20.6) | 17 (5.9) | 57 (19.9) | 102 (35.5) | 287 | 0.67, 0.44 to 1.00 | .050 |
| vs. Grade D or E | 22 (15.8) | 20 (14.4) | 11 (7.9) | 27 (19.4) | 59 (42.4) | 139 | ||
| Personal diagnosis of cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 4 (14.8) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (14.8) | 14 (51.9) | 27 | 1.27, 0.60 to 2.68 | .537 |
| vs. No | 90 (17.0) | 104 (19.7) | 33 (6.2) | 102 (19.3) | 200 (37.8) | 529 | ||
| Knows someone with cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 67 (18.0) | 76 (20.4) | 20 (5.4) | 63 (16.9) | 147 (39.4) | 373 | 0.87, 0.62 to 1.22 | .420 |
| vs. No | 27 (14.8) | 32 (17.5) | 14 (7.7) | 43 (23.5) | 67 (36.6) | 183 | ||
| Cervical screening regularity | Overall: .023 | |||||||
| Never or very rarely attended… | 14 (27.5) | 11 (21.6) | 5 (9.8) | 6 (11.8) | 15 (29.4) | 51 | 0.51, 0.30 to 0.87 | .014 |
| Attended some or most of the time… | 9 (15.5) | 12 (20.7) | 12 (20.7) | 8 (13.8) | 17 (29.3) | 58 | 0.68, 0.41 to 1.12 | .131 |
| vs. Always attended before most recent invitation | 71 (15.9) | 85 (19.0) | 17 (3.8) | 92 (20.6) | 182 (40.7) | 447 | ||
| Age (in years) | 43.0 (10.8) | 42.7 (11.1) | 43.0 (11.8) | 42.8 (11.2) | 44.7 (11.3) | 43.5 (11.2) | 1.01, 1.00 to 1.03 | .144 |
| Decision-making styles | ||||||||
| Avoidant score | 13.6 (4.1) | 14.0 (3.9) | 14.6 (4.1) | 13.9 (3.4) | 13.0 (3.8) | 13.6 (3.8) | 0.97, 0.93 to 1.02 | .211 |
| Dependent score | 16.8 (4.1) | 17.4 (3.1) | 18.0 (3.1) | 17.0 (3.5) | 17.0 (3.4) | 17.1 (3.5) | 1.00, 0.95 to 1.05 | .984 |
| Intuitive score | 18.9 (2.5) | 18.8 (2.3) | 18.5 (2.6) | 19.0 (2.7) | 18.7 (2.9) | 18.7 (2.7) | 0.99, 0.93 to 1.05 | .663 |
| Rational score | 18.7 (3.2) | 19.4 (2.0) | 19.9 (2.3) | 19.8 (2.3) | 20.0 (2.8) | 19.6 (2.6) | 1.13, 1.06 to 1.21 | <.0005 |
| Spontaneous score | 14.8 (3.7) | 14.2 (3.5) | 15.4 (3.8) | 14.7 (3.3) | 14.2 (3.6) | 14.5 (3.6) | 1.02, 0.97 to 1.07 | .466 |
Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs are per unit increase in the case of continuous variables; p-values <.05 are in bold; all predictor variables are included in the model