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Table 1 Reading breast screening information (women only): descriptive statistics, adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in the multivariable binary logistic regression model

From: A cross-sectional survey assessing factors associated with reading cancer screening information: previous screening behaviour, demographics and decision-making style

 

Amount read of the breast 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 all of the leaflet

 

Characteristic

(n = 28; 10.2%)

(n = 43; 15.6%)

(n = 13; 4.7%)

(n = 44; 16.0%)

(n = 147; 53.5%)

(n = 275)

(vs. read less than all)

 

Ethnicity

        

 White British

25 (10.2)

37 (15.0)

10 (4.1)

37 (15.0)

137 (55.7)

246

3.28, 1.36 to 7.89

.008

 vs. Other ethnic groups

3 (10.3)

6 (20.7)

3 (10.3)

7 (24.1)

10 (34.5)

29

  

Marital status

        

 Married or living as a couple

15 (8.4)

30 (16.9)

9 (5.1)

29 (16.3)

95 (53.4)

178

0.80, 0.45 to 1.42

.802

 vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated

13 (13.4)

13 (13.4)

4 (4.1)

15 (15.5)

52 (53.6)

97

  

Highest level of education

      

Overall: .150

 

 No formal qualifications

11 (12.5)

15 (17.0)

6 (6.8)

20 (22.7)

36 (40.9)

88

0.44, 0.19 to 1.01

.052

 Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3

13 (10.5)

15 (12.1)

4 (3.2)

21 (16.9)

71 (57.3)

124

0.60, 0.29 to 1.24

.168

 vs. Approximately Level 4

4 (6.3)

13 (20.6)

3 (4.8)

3 (4.8)

40 (63.5)

63

  

Social class grade

      

Overall: .876

 

 Grade A or B

7 (11.3)

8 (12.9)

4 (6.5)

8 (12.9)

35 (56.5)

62

0.90, 0.40 to 2.07

.811

 Grade C1 or C2

9 (7.4)

20 (16.5)

6 (5.0)

16 (13.2)

70 (57.9)

121

1.08, 0.57 to 2.05

.811

 vs. Grade D or E

12 (13.0)

15 (16.3)

3 (3.3)

20 (21.7)

42 (45.7)

92

  

Personal diagnosis of cancer

        

 Yes

3 (14.3)

1 (4.8)

1 (4.8)

4 (19.0)

12 (57.1)

21

0.90, 0.35 to 2.35

.834

 vs. No

25 (9.8)

42 (16.5)

12 (4.7)

40 (15.7)

135 (53.1)

254

  

Knows someone with cancer

        

 Yes

21 (10.4)

32 (15.8)

7 (3.5)

29 (14.4)

113 (55.9)

202

1.23, 0.69 to 2.20

.493

 vs. No

7 (9.6)

11 (15.1)

6 (8.2)

15 (20.5)

34 (46.6)

73

  

Breast screening regularity

      

Overall: .014

 

 Never or very rarely attended…

6 (35.3)

4 (23.5)

2 (11.8)

2 (11.8)

3 (17.6)

17

0.16, 0.04 to 0.63

.009

 Attended some or most of the time…

1 (6.3)

4 (25.0)

2 (12.5)

3 (18.8)

6 (37.5)

16

0.43, 0.14 to 1.30

.135

 vs. Always attended before most recent invitation

21 (8.7)

35 (14.5)

9 (3.7)

39 (16.1)

138 (57.0)

242

  

Age (in years)

60.1 (5.7)

61.7 (6.4)

59.7 (5.5)

62.2 (5.4)

59.8 (6.1)

60.5 (6.0)

0.96, 0.92 to 1.00

.048

Decision-making styles

        

 Avoidant score

12.3 (3.6)

14.0 (4.2)

14.9 (5.2)

12.6 (3.2)

12.5 (3.6)

12.8 (3.8)

0.97, 0.89 to 1.05

.452

 Dependent score

16.0 (3.9)

17.3 (3.5)

17.6 (4.6)

16.1 (4.4)

16.5 (3.8)

16.6 (3.9)

1.03, 0.96 to 1.11

.434

 Intuitive score

19.1 (2.5)

18.2 (2.4)

18.6 (3.3)

19.3 (2.7)

18.8 (2.8)

18.8 (2.7)

1.01, 0.91 to 1.12

.892

 Rational score

19.1 (3.0)

20.0 (2.0)

19.5 (3.0)

19.1 (2.9)

19.9 (2.9)

19.7 (2.8)

1.08, 0.97 to 1.19

.151

 Spontaneous score

14.9 (4.0)

13.4 (3.3)

15.2 (4.7)

15.2 (4.7)

13.8 (3.9)

13.9 (3.7)

1.03, 0.95 to 1.11

.528

  1. 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