Research Article

Social Cognitive Mediators of Sociodemographic Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics and screening uptake: descriptive statistics and logistic regression results.

Screening uptake
By sociodemographic group
% ()
Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR)
With screening uptake as outcome
Multivariable logistic regression results
OR95% CI

Total69.4% (1309)

Gender
 Men69.1% (664) (ref.)
 Women69.6% (645)a1.030.81–1.32
Marital status
 Married71.7% (851) (ref.)
 Divorced, separated, or widowed68.2% (343)a0.970.73–1.29
 Single55.7% (115)0.570.38–0.86
Ethnicity
 White70.5% (1256) (ref.)
 Non-white41.5% (53)0.340.19–0.60
Socioeconomic status (A–E)0.850.78–0.92
 A74.2% (66)
 B76.0% (267)
 C174.1% (289)
 C271.3% (240)
 D63.2% (152)
 E59.3% (295)
Age (60–70)1.081.04–1.12
 60–6462.6% (551)
 65–7074.3% (758)

bivariate regression results, bas a continuous variable in the logistic regression analysis.
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