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Table 1 Characteristics of attenders and non-attenders to mammography screening program.

From: Determinants of non attendance to mammography program in a region with high voluntary health insurance coverage

Variables

Cases Non-attenders, n(%) (n = 101)

Controls Attenders, n(%) (n = 173)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Age

   

50–54

14 (13.9)

26 (15.1)

1

55–59

36 (35.6)

69 (40.1)

0.96 (0.45–2.08)

60–65**

51 (50.5)

77 (44.8)

1.23 (0.58–2.57)

Educational level

   

Illiterate-incomplete primary

15 (14.9)

33 (19.2)

1

Primary education

30 (29.7)

72 (41.9)

0.91 (0.43–1.92)

Secondary education

44 (43.6)

61 (35.5)

1.58 (0.77–3.27)

Higher education

12 (11.9)

5 (3.5)

5.28 (1.57–17.68)*

Place of birth:

   

Balearic islands

60 (59.4)

110 (63.6)

1

Spain

35 (34.7)

58 (33.5)

1.10 (0.65–1.80)

Others

6 (5.9)

5 (2.9)

2.2 (0.64–7.51)

Working activity

   

Employed

38 (37.6)

58 (33.5)

1

Unemployed-retired-housewife

63 (62.4)

115 (66.5)

0.83 (0.50–1.39)

  1. *p < 0.01 ** some women had 65 at the moment of the interview.