Adjusted Relative Odds of Receipt of Cancer Screening Services: Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Multivariate Models
Variables | Pap TestFull ModelOR (95% CI)(n = 10,146)* | MammogramFull ModelOR (95% CI)(n = 10,156)* |
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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 2000 | 0.96 (0.88–1.05) | 1.22 (1.11–1.35) |
Age 55–59.9 years | 0.97 (0.87–1.08) | 1.17 (1.04–1.31) |
Age 60–64.9 years | 0.87 (0.78–0.97) | 1.18 (1.05–1.33) |
Black | 1.38 (1.22–1.56) | 1.37 (1.20–1.57) |
Socioeconomic‡ | ||
Completed high school | 1.25 (1.13–1.40) | 1.26 (1.12–1.41) |
Born in the United States | 0.86 (0.74–1.00) | 0.80 (0.68–0.94) |
Married | 1.22 (1.10–1.35) | 1.30 (1.17–1.45) |
Income category 1 | 0.63 (0.55–0.73) | 0.55 (0.47–0.65) |
Income category 2 | 0.60 (0.52–0.68) | 0.58 (0.50–0.67) |
Income category 3 | 0.69 (0.60–0.79) | 0.64 (0.55–0.74) |
Health§ | ||
Smoking | 0.70 (0.63–0.77) | 0.58 (0.52–0.65) |
Vigorous exercise | 1.25 (1.14–1.37) | 1.12 (1.01–1.23) |
Poor or fair health | 0.77 (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|| | ||
Uninsured | 0.53 (0.46–0.61) | 0.38 (0.34–0.44) |
In hospital in last year | 0.88 (0.78–1.00) | 0.98 (0.85–1.13) |
3–5 physician visits in last year | 1.90 (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) |