Table 1 Predisposing, enabling and need factors described in the sample (N = 2370)
From: Variations of health check attendance in later life: results from a British birth cohort study
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Predisposing factors | |
| Childhood social class | |
| Unskilled | 122 (5.2) |
| Partly skilled | 391 (16.5) |
| Skilled (manual) | 695 (29.3) |
| Skilled (non-manual) | 395 (16.7) |
| Intermediate | 484 (20.4) |
| Professional | 167 (7.1) |
| Missing | 116 (4.9) |
| Adolescent self-organisation, mean (95% CI) | 3.4 (3.4–3.4) |
| Missing, N (%) | 247 (10.4) |
| Educational attainment at age 26 | |
| No qualifications | 738 (31.1) |
| Lower secondary | 637 (26.9) |
| Advanced secondary | 619 (26.1) |
| Degree level | 252 (10.6) |
| Missing | 124 (5.2) |
| Adult social class | |
| Unskilled | 87 (3.7) |
| Partly skilled | 240 (10.1) |
| Skilled (manual) | 375 (15.8) |
| Skilled (non-manual) | 562 (23.7) |
| Intermediate | 909 (38.4) |
| Professional | 177 (7.5) |
| Missing | 20 (0.8) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 663 (28.0) |
| Ex | 1410 (59.5) |
| Current | 137 (5.8) |
| Missing | 160 (6.8) |
| Physical activity | |
| Inactive | 1075 (45.4) |
| Less active | 538 (22.7) |
| Most active | 598 (25.2) |
| Missing | 159 (6.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 86 (3.6) |
| Married | 1760 (74.3) |
| Separated/divorced/ widowed | 478 (20.2) |
| Missing | 46 (1.9) |
| Enabling factors | |
| GP visits | |
| No previously reported GP visits | 1111 (46.9) |
| Previously reported GP visits | 1256 (53.0) |
| Missing | 3 (0.1) |
| Ever attended mammogram age 53 (N = 1231 women) | |
| Never | 60 (4.7) |
| Yes | 1102 (89.5) |
| Missing | 69 (5.6) |
| Cervical screening attendance age 43 (N = 1231 women) | |
| Attended + 5 years ago/never | 130 (10.6) |
| Attended within last 5 years | 1020 (82.9) |
| Missing | 81 (6.6) |
| Need factors | |
| Childhood serious illness resulting in hospital admissions (age 0–25) | |
| No hospital admissions | 1674 (70.6) |
| At least one hospital admission | 696 (29.4) |
| Total number health conditions at age 53, mean (95% CI) | 1.6 (1.5–1.6) |
| Missing | 211 (8.9) |
