Table 2.

Adjusted Relative Odds of Receipt of Cancer Screening Services: Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Multivariate Models

VariablesPap TestFull ModelOR (95% CI)(n = 10,146)*MammogramFull ModelOR (95% CI)(n = 10,156)*
Pap = Papanicolaou; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
* Number of observations in model. Most women contributed 2 observations: 1996 and 2000. A total of 5,942 answered at least 1 survey question once.
† Reference categories: year = 1996; age = 50–54.9 years; race = white.
‡ Reference categories: education = not completed high school; birth place = born abroad; marital status = not married; income = category 4 (see footnote to Table 1).
§ Reference categories: smoking status = not smoking; exercise = less physical activity; health = excellent, very good, or good; subjective life expectations = 0%–33% (see footnote to Table 1).
|| Reference categories: health insurance = some health insurance; hospitalization in last year = not in hospital last year; physician visits in last year = 0–2 visits in last year.
Demographic
Year 20000.96 (0.88–1.05)1.22 (1.11–1.35)
Age 55–59.9 years0.97 (0.87–1.08)1.17 (1.04–1.31)
Age 60–64.9 years0.87 (0.78–0.97)1.18 (1.05–1.33)
Black1.38 (1.22–1.56)1.37 (1.20–1.57)
Socioeconomic
Completed high school1.25 (1.13–1.40)1.26 (1.12–1.41)
Born in the United States0.86 (0.74–1.00)0.80 (0.68–0.94)
Married1.22 (1.10–1.35)1.30 (1.17–1.45)
Income category 10.63 (0.55–0.73)0.55 (0.47–0.65)
Income category 20.60 (0.52–0.68)0.58 (0.50–0.67)
Income category 30.69 (0.60–0.79)0.64 (0.55–0.74)
Health§
Smoking0.70 (0.63–0.77)0.58 (0.52–0.65)
Vigorous exercise1.25 (1.14–1.37)1.12 (1.01–1.23)
Poor or fair health0.77 (0.69–0.87)0.80 (0.70–0.91)
Subjective life expectation 34%–66%1.03 (0.91–1.16)1.03 (0.90–1.17)
Subjective life expectation 67%–100%1.28 (1.14–1.44)1.15 (1.01–1.23)
Health care||
Uninsured0.53 (0.46–0.61)0.38 (0.34–0.44)
In hospital in last year0.88 (0.78–1.00)0.98 (0.85–1.13)
3–5 physician visits in last year1.90 (1.68–2.13)2.15 (1.90–2.43)
6+ physician visits in last year*2.11 (1.89–2.36)2.54 (2.26–2.86)