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Table 2 Reading cervical screening information (women only): descriptive statistics, adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in the multivariable ordinal 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 cervical 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 more of the leaflet

 

Characteristic

(n = 94; 16.9%)

(n = 108; 19.4%)

(n = 34; 6.1%)

(n = 106; 19.1%)

(n = 214; 38.5%)

(n = 556)

(i.e. any amount more)

 

Ethnicity

        

 White British

85 (19.5)

84 (19.3)

19 (4.4)

78 (17.9)

169 (38.9)

435

0.79, 0.53 to 1.18

.248

 vs. Other ethnic groups

9 (7.4)

24 (19.8)

15 (12.4)

28 (23.1)

45 (37.2)

121

  

Marital status

        

 Married or living as a couple

61 (16.1)

73 (19.3)

25 (6.6)

70 (18.5)

150 (39.6)

379

1.11, 0.79 to 1.56

.558

 vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated

33 (18.6)

35 (19.8)

9 (5.1)

36 (20.3)

64 (36.2)

177

  

Highest level of education

      

Overall: .850

 

 No formal qualifications

14 (19.4)

12 (16.7)

4 (5.6)

15 (20.8)

27 (37.5)

72

0.92, 0.52 to 1.64

.784

 Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3

51 (17.2)

57 (19.3)

19 (6.4)

55 (18.6)

114 (38.5)

296

1.06, 0.73 to 1.53

.770

 vs. Approximately Level 4

29 (15.4)

39 (20.7)

11 (5.9)

36 (19.1)

73 (38.8)

188

  

Social class grade

      

Overall: .142

 

 Grade A or B

20 (15.4)

29 (22.3)

6 (4.6)

22 (16.9)

53 (40.8)

130

0.77, 0.47 to 1.26

.297

 Grade C1 or C2

52 (18.1)

59 (20.6)

17 (5.9)

57 (19.9)

102 (35.5)

287

0.67, 0.44 to 1.00

.050

 vs. Grade D or E

22 (15.8)

20 (14.4)

11 (7.9)

27 (19.4)

59 (42.4)

139

  

Personal diagnosis of cancer

        

 Yes

4 (14.8)

4 (14.8)

1 (3.7)

4 (14.8)

14 (51.9)

27

1.27, 0.60 to 2.68

.537

 vs. No

90 (17.0)

104 (19.7)

33 (6.2)

102 (19.3)

200 (37.8)

529

  

Knows someone with cancer

        

 Yes

67 (18.0)

76 (20.4)

20 (5.4)

63 (16.9)

147 (39.4)

373

0.87, 0.62 to 1.22

.420

 vs. No

27 (14.8)

32 (17.5)

14 (7.7)

43 (23.5)

67 (36.6)

183

  

Cervical screening regularity

      

Overall: .023

 

 Never or very rarely attended…

14 (27.5)

11 (21.6)

5 (9.8)

6 (11.8)

15 (29.4)

51

0.51, 0.30 to 0.87

.014

 Attended some or most of the time…

9 (15.5)

12 (20.7)

12 (20.7)

8 (13.8)

17 (29.3)

58

0.68, 0.41 to 1.12

.131

 vs. Always attended before most recent invitation

71 (15.9)

85 (19.0)

17 (3.8)

92 (20.6)

182 (40.7)

447

  

Age (in years)

43.0 (10.8)

42.7 (11.1)

43.0 (11.8)

42.8 (11.2)

44.7 (11.3)

43.5 (11.2)

1.01, 1.00 to 1.03

.144

Decision-making styles

        

 Avoidant score

13.6 (4.1)

14.0 (3.9)

14.6 (4.1)

13.9 (3.4)

13.0 (3.8)

13.6 (3.8)

0.97, 0.93 to 1.02

.211

 Dependent score

16.8 (4.1)

17.4 (3.1)

18.0 (3.1)

17.0 (3.5)

17.0 (3.4)

17.1 (3.5)

1.00, 0.95 to 1.05

.984

 Intuitive score

18.9 (2.5)

18.8 (2.3)

18.5 (2.6)

19.0 (2.7)

18.7 (2.9)

18.7 (2.7)

0.99, 0.93 to 1.05

.663

 Rational score

18.7 (3.2)

19.4 (2.0)

19.9 (2.3)

19.8 (2.3)

20.0 (2.8)

19.6 (2.6)

1.13, 1.06 to 1.21

<.0005

 Spontaneous score

14.8 (3.7)

14.2 (3.5)

15.4 (3.8)

14.7 (3.3)

14.2 (3.6)

14.5 (3.6)

1.02, 0.97 to 1.07

.466

  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