Demographic, social cognitive and social ecological predictors of intention and participation in screening for colorectal cancer

Table 5 Multivariate predictors of stage of readiness to screen and screening behaviour

	Higher stage of readiness to Screen			Participation in screening offer
	Risk Ratio	p-value	95% CI	Risk Ratio	p-value	95% CI
Background variables
Gender
Female^a	1.00	-	-	-	-	-
Male	1.08	.51	0.85, 1.38	-	-	-
Born in Australia
Yes^a	1.00	-	-	-	-	-
No	0.81	.16	0.60, 1.09	-	-	-
Language spoken at home
English^a	1.00			-	-	-
Non-English	0.79	.46	0.42, 1.49	-	-	-
Screened for cancer in past
No^a	1.00			1.00	-	-
Yes	1.38	.02	1.04, 1.81	1.21	.08	0.98, 1.50
Known someone with CRC
No^a	1.00			1.00	-	-
Yes	1.23	.15	0.93, 1.63	1.26	.04	1.02, 1.57
Social Cognitive
Barriers/Benefits	0.78	.01	0.70, 0.94	0.86	.01	0.79, 0.95
Chance HLC	0.84	.01	0.75, 0.94	-	-	-
Powerful Others HLC	1.02	.78	0.91, 1.13	-	-	-
Perceived Susceptibility	1.28	.01	1.15, 1.42	-	-	-
CRC Knowledge	1.11	.05	1.01, 1.24	-	-	-
Social Ecological
Trust in GPs	1.08	.23	0.95, 1.22	-	-	-

Note. Variables without statistics presented were not included in the final multivariate model
^aReference group for categorical predictors

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