Table 3 Associations between socio-demographic variables and being overdue for screening

Age Group

  25-34

54 (23.3)

1.98 [1.21-3.25]**

1.35 [0.75-2.42]

  35-44

50 (24.9)

2.16 [1.32-3.58]**

1.92 [1.09-3.37]*

  45-64

29 (13.3)

1.00

Marital Status

  Single

79 (26.9)

2.03 [1.33-3.10]**

2.11 [1.32-3.37]**

  Married/Cohabiting

40 (15.3)

1.00

  Divorced/separated/widowed

81 (13.8)

0.89 [0.45-1.74]

0.98 [0.45-2.14]

Education

  Low level

15 (15.0)

0.67

  Medium level

37 (22.8)

1.13 [0.37-1.24]

  High level

72 (20.7)

1.00 [0.72-1.77]

Ethnicity

  Caribbean

74 (17.9)

1.00

  African

48 (25.9)

1.61 [1.06-2.44]*

1.59 [0.97-2.60]

  Other

9 (19.6)

1.12 [0.52-2.42]

1.29 [0.57-2.92]

Birthplace

  Born in the UK

95 (23.2)

1.00

  Migrated <10 years ago

11 (32.4)

1.59 [0.75-3.37]

1.01 [0.44-2.29]

  Migrated >10 years ago

21 (12.1)

0.46 [0.28-0.76]**

0.42 [0.24-0.75]**

Religion

  Christian

109 (21.9)

1.00

  Muslim

6 (26.1)

1.26 [0.48-3.26]

  No religion

11 (13.1)

0.54 [.275-1.05]

Religious service attendance

  Rarely or never

60 (16.6)

1.00

  Few times a year

36 (20.0)

1.26 [0.74-2.15]

1.27 [0.72-2.26]

  1-3 times a month

11 (14.9)

0.88 [0.42-1.86]

1.04 [0.48-2.28]

  At least once a week

51 (26.6)

1.82 [1.10-3.02]*

2.05 [1.16-3.54]*

Risk factor knowledge score

  0

78 (22.5)

1.00

  1+

55 (18.0)

0.76 [0.51-1.11]

Symptom knowledge score

  0

68 (25.8)

1.00

  1+

65 (16.8)

0.58 [0.40-0.85]**

0.72 [0.47-1.09]