From: Variations of health check attendance in later life: results from a British birth cohort study
Potential explanatory variable N = 1139 | Model 1a Coef (p value) | Model 3b Coef (p value) | Model 4c Coef (p value) | |
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Predisposing factors | ||||
Childhood social class (per one class increase; unskilled âž” professional) | 0.04 (0.18) | Â | Â | |
Adolescent self-organisation (per one unit increase in the self-organisation factor score) | 0.26 (< 0.01) |  | 0.18 (< 0.01) | |
Educational attainment at age 26 (No qualifications used as reference group) | Lower secondary | 0.13 (0.29) | −0.03 (0.84) | −0.01 (0.95) |
Advanced secondary | 0.29 (< 0.01) | 0.20 (0.08) | 0.14 (0.25) | |
Degree level | 0.52 (< 0.01) | 0.40 ( 0.01) | 0.25 (0.15) | |
Adult social class (per one class increase; unskilled ➔ professional) | 0.12 (< 0.01) | 0.03 (0.40) | 0.03 (0.54) | |
Smoking behaviour to age 68 (Current smoker used as reference group) | Never smoked | 0.51 (< 0.01) | 0.31 (0.04) | 0.28 (0.07) |
Ex-smoker | 0.54 (< 0.01) | 0.36 (< 0.01) | 0.35 (< 0.01) | |
Level of physical activity in adulthood (per one level increase in activity; inactive âž” most active) | 0.07 (0.15) | Â | Â | |
Marital status age 68 (Married used as reference group) | Single | −0.44 (0.05) | −0.42 (0.06) | −0.44 (0.05) |
Separated/ Divorced/ Widowed | −0.51 (< 0.01) | − 0.48 (< 0.01) | −0.47 (< 0.01) | |
Enabling factors | ||||
Any GP visits in earlier adulthood (compared to none) | 0.14 (0.10) | Â | Â | |
Need factors | ||||
Childhood serious illness resulting in hospital admissions (age 0–25) (compared to none) | −0.08 (0.35) |  |  | |
Total number of health conditions between ages 43–53 (per one condition increase) | 0.17 (< 0.01) | 0.16 (< 0.01) | 0.17 (< 0.01) |