Table 3 Table of associations between potential explanatory variables and health check attendance in women
From: Variations of health check attendance in later life: results from a British birth cohort study
Potential explanatory variable N = 1231 | Model 1a Coef (p value) | Model 2b Coef (p value) | Model 3c Coef (p value) | Model 4d Coef (p value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predisposing factors | |||||
Childhood social class (per one class increase; unskilled ➔ professional) | 0.16 (< 0.01) | 0.15 (< 0.01) |  | 0.09 (0.02) | |
Adolescent self-organisation (per one unit increase in the self-organisation factor score) | 0.18 (< 0.01) | 0.13 (0.06) |  | 0.09 (0.23) | |
Educational attainment at age 26 (No qualifications used as reference group) | Lower secondary | 0.48 (< 0.01) |  | 0.34 (< 0.01) | 0.25 (0.01) |
Advanced secondary | 0.58 (< 0.01) |  | 0.35 (< 0.01) | 0.19 (0.13) | |
Degree level | 0.34 (0.06) |  | 0.03 (0.89) | −0.23 (0.31) | |
Adult social class (per one class increase; unskilled ➔ professional) | 0.14 (< 0.01) |  | 0.06 (0.08) | 0.06 (0.12) | |
Smoking behaviour to age 68 (Current smoker used as reference group) | Never smoked | 0.73 (< 0.01) |  | 0.43 (0.02) | 0.40 (0.03) |
Ex-smoker | 0.76 (< 0.01) |  | 0.51 (< 0.01) | 0.49 (< 0.01) | |
Level of physical activity in adulthood (per one level increase in activity; inactive ➔ most active) | 0.19 (< 0.01) |  | 0.12 (0.02) | 0.11 (0.03) | |
Marital status age 68 (married used as reference group) | Single | −0.07 (0.70) |  |  |  |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | −0.19 (0.05) |  |  |  | |
Enabling factors | |||||
Any GP visits in earlier adulthood (compared to none) | 0.13 (0.11) | Â | Â | Â | |
Mammogram attendance in midlife | 1.04 (< 0.01) |  | 0.79 (< 0.01) | 0.76 (< 0.01) | |
Cervical screening attendance in midlife | 0.51 (< 0.01) |  | 0.32 (< 0.01) | 0.32 (< 0.01) | |
Need factors | |||||
Childhood serious illness resulting in hospital admissions (age 0–25) (compared to none) | −0.20 (0.03) | −0.18 (0.05) |  | −0.17 (0.06) | |
Total number of health conditions between ages 43–53 (per one condition increase) | 0.10 (< 0.01) |  | 0.09 (< 0.01) | 0.09 (< 0.01) | |