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Table 1 Descriptive statistics: the distribution of the independent variables in the three ESPS surveys

From: Obstacles to the uptake of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings: what remains to be achieved by French national programmes?

 

2006

2008

2010

Determinants of cancer screening

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Socioeconomic characteristics

Age

      

  [25–49]

5876

56.1

5205

53.2

4825

54.0

  [50–65]

3404

32.5

3372

34.5

3092

34.6

  [66–74]

1203

11.5

1209

12.4

1021

11.4

Housing region

      

  Ile de France (without Paris)

1574

15.0

1350

13.8

1256

14.1

  Paris and suburbs

1870

17.8

1895

19.4

1614

18.1

  North

741

7.1

709

7.3

657

7.4

  Est

958

9.1

851

8.7

795

8.9

  West

1500

14.3

1443

14.8

1511

16.9

  South West

1277

12.2

1134

11.6

1030

11.6

  Centre

1468

14.0

1279

13.1

1143

12.8

  Mediterrannée

1095

10.5

1125

11.5

914

10.3

Social class

      

  Farmer

353

3.4

302

3.1

259

2.9

  Craftsman

581

5.5

595

6.1

521

5.8

  Manager

1359

13.0

1291

13.2

1201

13.4

  Associate prof.

2159

20.6

2097

21.4

1666

18.6

  Office worker

2904

27.7

2761

28.2

2561

28.7

  Skilled worker

1766

16.9

1572

16.1

1491

16.7

  Nonskilled worker

1046

10.0

939

9.6

880

9.9

  Inactive

301

2.9

215

2.2

316

3.5

Marital status

      

  Living in a couple

8425

80.4

7805

79.8

7142

79.9

  Single

1115

10.6

1049

10.7

978

10.9

  Nonresponse

943

9.0

932

9.5

818

9.2

Complementary health insurance

      

  Private

9150

87.3

8628

88.2

7721

86.4

  Free

682

6.5

674

6.9

868

9.7

  No

618

5.9

454

4.6

300

3.4

 

Health and health care consumption

Chronic disease

      

  Yes

2610

24.9

2561

26.2

3196

35.8

  No

7217

68.8

6574

67.2

5227

58.5

  Don't know

656

6.3

651

6.7

515

5.8

Self-rated health

      

  [0–4] : poor

365

3.5

403

4.1

386

4.3

  [5, 6] : fair

1604

15.3

1709

17.5

1362

15.2

  [7, 8] : good

4870

46.5

4699

48.0

4090

45.8

  [9, 10] : very good

3225

30.8

2555

26.1

2688

30.1

  Nonresponse

419

4.0

420

4.3

412

4.6

Nb of consultations with a GP

      

  Two or less

4884

46.6

4539

46.4

4133

46.2

  Three or more

4983

47.5

4693

48.0

4208

47.1

  Nonresponse

616

5.9

554

5.7

597

6.7

Nb of consultations with a specialist

      

  None

4154

39.6

3690

37.7

3302

36.9

  At least one

4578

43.7

4112

42.0

4208

47.1

Nonresponse

1751

16.7

1984

20.3

1428

16.0

 

Risky behaviours

Tobacco consumption

      

Non-smoker

3608

34.4

3434

35.1

2992

33.5

Ex-smoker

2825

27.0

2562

26.2

2101

23.5

Light smoker

1357

12.9

1412

14.4

1495

16.7

Heavy smoker

1428

13.6

1241

12.7

1161

13.0

Nonresponse

1265

12.1

1137

11.6

1189

13.3

Alcohol consumption

      

Non drinker

2234

21.3

1893

19.3

2164

24.2

Safe consumer

4590

43.8

4338

44.3

3676

41.1

Occasionnaly risky consumer

2575

24.6

2288

23.4

1997

22.3

High risk consumer

531

5.1

748

7.6

629

7.0

Nonresponse

553

5.3

519

5.3

472

5.3