From: Variations of health check attendance in later life: results from a British birth cohort study
N (%) | |
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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) |