Table 2.
Predictors of non-adherence to the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Program in 2008–12 among immigrants by region of origin
| Covariate (reference) | PR (95% CI) for non-adherencea | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic countries | Eastern Europe | Western Europe | America, Oceania | Western Asia, North Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | South Central Asia | Eastern Asia | |
| Length of stay (≥10 years) | ||||||||
| <10 years | 1.18 (1.11–1.25) | 1.15 (1.10–1.19) | 1.23 (1.15–1.32) | 1.11 (1.02–1.20) | 1.00 (0.95–1.06) | 0.93 (0.88–0.99) | 1.13 (1.07–1.18) | 1.09 (1.04–1.14) |
| Marital status (married) | ||||||||
| Unmarried | 1.30 (1.24–1.36) | 1.22 (1.20–1.24) | 1.37 (1.31–1.43) | 1.49 (1.40–1.58) | 1.54 (1.46–1.63) | 1.21 (1.16–1.26) | 1.42 (1.36–1.47) | 1.48 (1.44–1.52) |
| Divorced/widowed | 1.18 (1.12–1.25) | 1.02 (1.00–1.05) | 1.17 (1.11–1.24) | 1.12 (1.06–1.20) | 1.15 (1.09–1.20) | 1.11 (1.06–1.16) | 1.10 (1.06–1.14) | 1.10 (1.06–1.13) |
| Employment (white-collar job) | ||||||||
| Unemployed | 1.20 (1.13–1.27) | 1.18 (1.14–1.21) | 1.26 (1.19–1.34) | 1.21 (1.11–1.31) | 1.16 (1.07–1.26) | 1.24 (1.14–1.34) | 1.16 (1.10–1.22) | 1.12 (1.07–1.18) |
| Blue-collar job | 1.13 (1.08–1.18) | 1.17 (1.14–1.21) | 1.12 (1.07–1.17) | 1.04 (0.96–1.12) | 1.10 (1.01–1.19) | 1.05 (0.97–1.14) | 1.08 (1.03–1.14) | 1.07 (1.03–1.12) |
| Annual income (high) | ||||||||
| Low | 1.39 (1.30–1.48) | 1.32 (1.27–1.38) | 1.30 (1.22–1.39) | 1.32 (1.20–1.46) | 1.27 (1.15–1.42) | 1.23 (1.13–1.34) | 1.26 (1.18–1.34) | 1.19 (1.12–1.26) |
| Medium | 1.10 (1.04–1.15) | 1.07 (1.03–1.11) | 1.05 (1.00–1.11) | 0.99 (0.91–1.09) | 1.03 (0.93–1.14) | 1.04 (0.96–1.13) | 1.02 (0.97–1.09) | 1.02 (0.97–1.07) |
| Distance to GP (1–9.9 km) | ||||||||
| <1 km | 1.09 (1.05–1.14) | 1.05 (1.04–1.07) | 1.07 (1.03–1.11) | 1.06 (1.00–1.12) | 1.01 (0.97–1.05) | 1.02 (0.99–1.06) | 0.99 (0.96–1.03) | 1.01 (0.98–1.03) |
| >10km | 1.11 (1.06–1.17) | 1.08 (1.06–1.10) | 1.12 (1.07–1.17) | 1.12 (1.05–1.19) | 1.03 (0.98–1.09) | 1.10 (1.05–1.15) | 1.05 (1.01–1.08) | 1.09 (1.06–1.12) |
| GP’s gender (female) | ||||||||
| male | 1.21 (1.16–1.26) | 1.13 (1.11–1.15) | 1.14 (1.09–1.18) | 1.12 (1.06–1.18) | 1.14 (1.10–1.18) | 1.07 (1.03–1.11) | 1.11 (1.08–1.14) | 1.16 (1.14–1.19) |
| GP’s origin (Norway) | ||||||||
| Foreign, different from woman | 1.08 (1.04–1.13) | 1.02 (1.01–1.04) | 1.01 (0.96–1.07) | 1.01 (0.96–1.07) | 1.04 (1.01–1.09) | 1.06 (1.03–1.10) | 1.05 (1.02–1.08) | 1.01 (0.98–1.03) |
| Foreign, same as woman | 1.05 (0.99–1.12) | 0.96 (0.94–0.99) | 0.99 (0.88–1.12) | 1.00 (0.89–1.13) | 1.04 (0.98–1.12) | 1.06 (0.97–1.16) | 1.09 (1.05–1.13) | 0.99 (0.95–1.04) |
a
Adjusted for age at migration, age, parity, region of residence in Norway and GP’s age at screening in addition to all covariates in the table.